Infrared-activated, graphene-based plastic coating kills bacteria, eco-friendly and safe for skin, now being tested in ...

A total of five deaths and 20 cases of a flesh-eating bacteria have been reported so far in Florida this year, officials said. The latest figures from the Florida Department of Health show cases of ...

Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just like he had ...

For bacteria, microplastics are the perfect meetup spot—tiny, intimate surfaces where microbes can cling, huddle close and swap genes. And these crowded bacterial breeding grounds may pose a threat to ...

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (KFOR) – Water at Rose State College has tested positive for Legionella, which is the bacteria that can cause Legionnaires’ disease. News 4 reported earlier this month that a man ...

Soap works on a molecular level, breaking down oils and trapping dirt and germs so they can be washed away. Over 2.5 million people sign petition in support of truck driver Harjinder Singh after fatal ...

Salmonella Dublin is a type of bacteria that primarily infects cattle, but some strains also can adapt to infect humans. It is increasingly becoming resistant to antibiotics, making it a growing ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - At 64 years old, Brian Schilling spent a July afternoon out on the water in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. That quick trip to pick up some crab traps changed his life forever.

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have built a cancer therapy that makes bacteria and viruses work as a team. In a study published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the Synthetic Biological ...

Scientists have engineered a groundbreaking cancer treatment that uses bacteria to smuggle viruses directly into tumors, bypassing the immune system and delivering a powerful one-two punch against ...

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, ...