Two international studies, a clinical trial led by the University of Oxford and University of Utrecht, and a qualitative study led by the University of Oxford and University of Antwerp, report that ...

Microbiologist holds a petri dish growing bacteria, Klebsiella pneumoniae, one species that can become resistant to last-resort antibiotics. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ...

Bacteria and the viruses that infect them are perpetually at war. Their deadly clashes push both kinds of microbes to evolve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cases of a severe type of pneumonia called Legionnaires’ disease have been on the rise in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood ...

Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile —commonly known as C. diff —are a serious and persistent problem for patients and ...

Two people have died in a bacterial meningitis outbreak in the south of England. Here’s what you need to know.

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An elderly man in Japan developed a fatal bacterial infection after taking a probiotic as part of his treatment for severe COVID-19. The unidentified patient was first brought to the emergency room ...

What is meningitis B? Symptoms, vaccine and what to avoid after two die in Kent - Warnings to be vigilant for signs of ...

Two people have died and 11 are reported seriously ill following an outbreak of "invasive" meningitis at the University of ...

The mosquito of greatest concern is widespread in Australia and closely associated with suburban areas. Commonly known as the Australian backyard mosquito, Aedes notoscriptus is a nuisance-biting pest ...