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Live Science spoke with author Thomas Levenson about his new book on the history of germ theory.

Scientists have discovered a new type of immune defense in E. coli bacteria that turns viral infection machinery against the ...

Some things just go together in your belly: peanut butter and jelly, salt and pepper, bacteria and bacteria-eating viruses.

Scientists have long known that bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, live in our gut, but exactly what they do has ...

Bacterial skin infections can happen when bacteria enter the body due to a break in the skin. Different types of skin infections include methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), impetigo, ...

A butter has been removed from store shelves over possible contamination with bacteria found in poo. Cabot Creamery, based in the US, voluntary recalled 1,700 of its Cabot Creamery Extra Creamy ...

No one says anything. I am now sick (at home). These co-workers are not heroes for coming in to work with their germs, but selfish and inconsiderate. I feel I should say something to our office ...

A new study from researchers at the George Washington University has found that certain bacteria living in the nose may influence how likely someone is to get a COVID-19 infection. Published in ...

About 1,700 pounds of Cabot Creamery butter have been recalled due to elevated levels of coliform bacteria. The recall affects Cabot Creamery’s Extra Creamy Premium Butter (8 oz) with a Sept.

Ten new melioidosis infections have been detected in Queensland, one of them fatal. The soil-borne bacteria that causes the infection has killed 26 people in Queensland this year. The soil-borne ...