Rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a pressing global health threat with wide-reaching medical, humanitarian and economic implications. A comprehensive review of AMR predicted that AMR could be ...

Inflammatory gut bacteria mimicking myelin may trigger and worsen multiple sclerosis. Immune cells mistakenly attack myelin due to structural similarities with bacterial proteins. Targeting gut ...

Now that the condition is known to spread sexually, there are steps you and your partner can take to prevent it. By Rachel E. Gross Just as couples adopt each other’s social circles, musical tastes ...

A second patient has died in a North Jersey hospital after being infected with a deadly bacteria that was discovered in the facility’s water system. The unidentified patient tested positive for ...

Pneumonia is a disease that burdens the health care system with more than 1.2 million emergency room visits each year and more than 41,000 adult deaths in the United States. Worldwide, more than one ...

Computer-rendered split image of bacteria on a tooth surface. When microbial communication is “on”, disease-associated species grow (left). Disrupting this communication (right) promotes ...

A Japanese-led research team has developed AUN, a groundbreaking immune-independent bacterial cancer therapy that uses two harmonized bacteria to destroy tumors even in patients with weakened immune ...

GI infections cause billions of illnesses and more than 1.7 million deaths globally each year, disproportionately affecting young children, older adults, and immunocompromised peoplei. In the United ...

Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” are on the rise in the U.S.—meaning that it is important to be aware of the risks, causes and how to slow the spread. The surge comes as part ...