The beauty company Kao USA recalled its shampoo after detecting a potentially harmful bacteria. The shampoo was sold in ...

The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists have only begun to understand why. Two researchers set out to ...

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Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have discovered that tiny photosynthetic bacteria band together into ...

What to do (and not to do) if a pesky one pops up.

When antibiotics attack microbes, their stressed neighbors ship them proteins to help them survive, new work suggests.

What’s worse than spreading a disease? Not even realizing when you’re doing it. Unfortunately, it happens more often than most people think because of simple, everyday behaviors that may seem harmless ...

Doctronic reports that sunscreen can expire, losing effectiveness over time, so it's crucial to check expiry dates and look ...

Another five cases have been added to the burgeoning outbreak of a severe kind of pneumonia, Legionnaires’ disease, on the ...

You’ve likely heard it since childhood: Don’t scratch that bug bite or rash, you’ll make it worse. But why would something that feels so good be bad? A lot of things can cause itchiness, sometimes ...

Michigan alone has reported more than 700 cases of cyclosporiasis, often linked to fresh produce. Why haven't we found the ...

As wildfire smoke drifts across large parts of the U.S., the right air purifier can help reduce harmful particles indoors—if ...