While gut bacteria play an essential (if not always socially tactful) role in human nutrition, a wealth of recent research ...

Experts recommend eating foods high in probiotics before taking a supplement for weight loss, but supplements can help fill ...

A flesh-eating bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus recently sickened a swimmer at a Massachusetts Cape Cod beach. But what is it? While Vibrio vulnificus infections are more often seen along the Gulf ...

In something that feels straight out of a horror movie, flesh-eating bacteria was recently identified on the East Coast. Down in Florida, there have been 11 reported cases of Vibrio vulnificus this ...

Florida health officials reported that four people died and over a half dozen others were made sick this year by a rare "flesh-eating" bacteria. Vibrio vulnificus, which is found in saltwater, ...

As temperatures continue to swelter and people flock to the Gulf Coast to enjoy its warm, salty waters, health officials are warning swimmers about a "flesh-eating" bacteria that has killed at least ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just ...

Summer is wrapping up, temperatures are high, and the beach is still calling. But there are risks from bacteria, parasites and other pathogens in the water at beaches, pools and water playgrounds.

The bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is a haunting presence in many hospitals in the United States, where more than one in 100 patients are treated for A. baumannii infections. This ...

Researchers are one step closer to understanding how some plants survive without nitrogen. Their work could eventually reduce ...