The apparent reversals are the latest examples of the haphazard approach to agency cuts that have shrunk FDA’s workforce by ...

Traditional biochemical methods of studying human gene mutations are often laborious and costly. Now bioengineers at the ...

Washing your clothing on high temperature cycles may not completely disinfect it, researchers have found, because washing ...

Group B strep is a type of bacteria that many healthy people carry in their bodies: it naturally exists in the gut and lower ...

You have this convergence of crises,” says Dr. Angelle Desiree LaBeaud. Here’s what that means and how she and others are ...

It's unclear why colon cancer cases have doubled in people under 55 over the past two decades, a staggering rise that has ...

Scientists have a new clue in the mystery of why younger people are getting more colon cancer. It may have to do with a toxin ...

As the world heats up, vast numbers of microbes frozen in vast amounts of ice are set to thaw. We must prepare ...

Many goods are mass-produced, including (but not limited to): Clothing and textiles Toys and electronics Vehicles Food (candy, canned goods, processed foods, frozen meals) An early example of the ...

Traveler’s diarrhea often occurs when an individual visits another country and is exposed to bacteria (most often a strain of E. coli called enterotoxigenic E. coli, or ETEC) via food or water ...

Analysis of how its atmosphere absorbs light strongly suggests the presence of chemicals which on Earth are produced by ocean plankton and other micro-organisms. The finding isn't yet certain ...