After spending years tracing the origin and migration pattern of an unusual type of immune cell in mice, researchers have shown in a new study how activity of 'good' microbes in the gut is linked to ...

CLEANING your duvet and pillows is one of the hardest tasks to complete. Most of us don’t have a washing machine that will ...

A chapter in JFK Jr.'s book about germ theory has shed new light on just why U.S. health policy is being changed.

More TB cases have been recorded in Florida and other parts of the U.S. since 2021, the year after COVID struck.

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at quantum computing for image recognition, a gene therapy using a patient’s ...

Louis Pasteur’s breakthrough discoveries unlocked the world of microscopic organisms that live inside our bodies.

You’d probably be horrified if a stranger licked your face on the subway. But if that stranger has four legs and a tail, ...

Between preparing and handling food, piling dirty dishes in the sink and constantly wiping up spills and crumbs, you can see ...

Nanotechnology is the use of materials that are one-billionth of a meter (a nanometer) in size. One of its potential uses is ...

A Broward County high school has confirmed an active case of tuberculosis, one of the deadliest, but treatable, infectious ...

Officials have confirmed a tuberculosis case at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It's unclear if the patient ...