Lighthouse Pharmaceuticals’ plan to become a beacon of hope for Alzheimer’s disease patients has received almost $50 million in U.S. government support. The grant of $49.2 million has been supplied by ...

An innovative method that uses modified versions of a bacterial virus effective at delivering treatments to human cells shows promise as a more inexpensive and efficient way to treat some deadly ...

Dozens of beaches, lakes, and ponds were closed to swimming across the state because of unsafe bacteria levels in the water, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. At one point, ...

WELL, JESSICA, IT IS AN ABSOLUTE GORGEOUS BEACH DAY HERE. TEMPERATURES IN THE 70. OFFICIALS TELL US THAT THE WATER TEMPERATURE IS 70 DEGREES TODAY, BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE A WARNING FOR ANYONE WHO ...

Nearly four dozen lots of hand soap and lotion products made by DermaRite Industries are being voluntarily recalled after the company discovered contamination by potentially deadly bacteria, according ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A 77-year-old Bay St. Louis man died from a Vibrio vulnificus, or flesh-eating bacteria, infection after scraping his leg on a boat trailer, his family says. Basil Kennedy’s ...

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Sea star wasting disease has devastated starfish populations in North America, driving some species to the brink of extinction. New research has identified Vibrio pectenicida bacteria as the cause of ...

An outbreak of bacterial pneumonia has infected dozens of people in New York City, according to health officials. A total of 58 people have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, a type of ...

Department of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, CSIC. C/Ramiro de Maeztu, 9., 28040 Madrid, Spain Department of Molecular and Cellular ...

The colonies of Escherichia coli sitting in this petri dish become pathogenic when they carry Shiga toxin genes. Credit: Shutterstock “We’re essentially converting a pathogenic strain into a ...

Vibrio are bacteria that naturally live in certain coastal waters, including salt water and brackish water, and they are found in higher numbers from May through October, when water temperatures are ...