Household contacts of people with tuberculosis (TB) have a high risk of getting TB themselves, at around 2%. It is currently ...

MUNCIE, Ind. (WISH) — I-Team 8 continues to dig into complaints from water customers in Muncie who say their water tastes like dirt. I-Team 8 reviewed newly posted test results, collected by the ...

We’re flush with drugs — but they’ve lost their edge. An antibiotic-resistant superbug responsible for bad diarrhea and fever symptoms has been on the rise in the US since at least 2023, according to ...

The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County is urging swimmers, surfers and others to avoid the water at a couple of spots along the coast due to health concerns. Water testing completed on Feb ...

A new study pinpoints two species of bacteria that work together to dry out the lining of the gut and cause constipation It is as unfortunate an ailment as it is ubiquitous: at some point in our life, ...

A mysterious group of bacteria seems to thrive in the gut microbiomes of people without illness, hinting that they may be crucial to good health. Yet about two-thirds of these species are part of the ...

McGill researchers have developed a diagnostic system capable of identifying bacteria—and determining which antibiotics can stop them—in just 36 minutes, a major advance in the global effort to curb ...

HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) — New York City officials confirmed a new detection of the bacteria linked to Legionnaires’ Disease. This time, health officials say, it was found in the hot water system of ...

Some antibiotics don’t actually kill bacteria — they just pause them But once treatment ends, those bacteria can bounce back and cause the infection to return Now, scientists at the University of ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at the University of Basel created a new test that tracks individual bacteria ...