A global atlas mapping two key gut bacteria in infants around the world has uncovered a treasure trove of bacterial strains ...

Wyoming environmental regulators who tested the waters of a crowded and stunning Wind River Range lake last summer did not detect the same worrisome concentrations of fecal bacteria that federal ...

Hundreds of schools have been forced to close on the first Monday of the new year as snow covers parts of the UK. This follows temperatures as low as -10.9°C recorded on 4 January, in Cumbria and 52cm ...

The success of modern medicine rests on the ability to control infections. But decades of antibiotic overuse—in hospitals, communities, and farms—have fueled a global surge in resistant microbes.

Lloyd’s Register (LR) and Latsco have successfully completed a proof-of-concept for a new standard in digital class assurance with data-driven surveys. This collaboration aims to demonstrate how ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua W. Modell ...

The U.S. is witnessing a troubling rise in infections caused by bacteria carrying the NDM gene — dubbed “nightmare bacteria”— which one expert says poses a "grave danger" to public health. Infection ...