ITV's Dr Amir Khan has shared how brushing your teeth twice daily could shield you from serious health conditions including ...

A brand new type of particle has been discovered in the human bloodstream. The sausage-shaped structures were first found by researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology in mice with sepsis, and ...

Scientists are continuing to uncover the true extent of our plastic pollution problem, and increasingly we are seeing an emphasis placed on its potential effects on the human body. The latest ...

The first large-scale genetic study of E. coli's protective armor has identified the five capsule types that are responsible ...

People carry a community of microbes in and on our bodies, and they can have a powerful influence on our physiology in many ways. Probiotics, which are live microbes, are intended to improve human ...

Data released in the CDC’s latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report indicate that patients with end-stage kidney disease on hemodialysis who are Black, Hispanic/Latino, or of lower socioeconomic ...

New research presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID 2024, Barcelona 27-30 April) shows that levels of resistance to antimicrobials (AMR) ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The clustering suggests “that transmission resulted from a mix of community spread and health care exposures ...

The resilience of bloodstream infections (BSI) is increasing, say investigators, who have focused on the issue in a new report. A recently published special issue of Virulence, "Bloodstream Infections ...

A 7-day course of antibiotics for patients hospitalized with bloodstream infections was just as effective as a 14-day course, according to results of the randomized, open-label BALANCE trial. Among ...