HB 2557 would make Oregon the third U.S. state to ban the practice, and also would ban the sale of farmed octopus.

Antibiotics are indispensable for treating bacterial infections. But why are they sometimes ineffective, even when the ...

Parsek and Singh 80 propose four criteria for defining a biofilm aetiology of an infection: the pathogenic bacteria are surface associated or adherent to a substratum; direct examination reveals ...

Gum disease, or periodontitis, has been linked to poorer cognitive function. Researchers believe this connection may be due ...

Wisconsin is among 10 states to report human cases of the H5N1 virus so far, with more than half reported in California.

“People's phones are out when urinating and defecating, exposing the phones to bacteria,” says Dr. Suraj Saggar, chief of ...

A study has found that as climate change causes the Arctic permafrost to melt, pathogens may awaken and damage crops. The ...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prioritize the updating of pathogen standards for bacteria ...

In the face of rising concerns about antibiotic resistant infections, an international group of microbial experts have ...

RFK Jr. supporters are hoping to see him legalize the consumption of raw milk. But with bird flu on the rise, experts warn it ...

At first, much the same. But inevitably, dangerous diseases would resurge in a country that isn’t prepared for them.

More telling, however, was the nature of those surfaces that harboured pathogenic bacteria. Over eighty per cent of pathogenic bacteria identified were found living on products within the unprotected ...