In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than ...

Legionnaires' disease can be fatal, especially for older adults, smokers and those with weakened immune systems.

Researchers have mapped how microbes underpin our food systems—and how we can stop their decline. Published in Frontiers in ...

Foodborne illnesses peak during June, July and August, accounting for one-third of all such illnesses in the U.S.

Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in ...

The New York City Health Department is investigating a cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases in Harlem and its neighboring ...

Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble offered an annual earnings outlook that was below analysts’ projections and said it ...

WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. – Wayne County health officials are investigating cases of Legionnaires’ disease in Dearborn. The type of ...

The number of whooping cough cases in Japan this year has surpassed 50,000 for the first time since comparable data became ...

New research shows that bacteria in the environment use amyloids—proteins best known for contributing to neurodegenerative ...

Improved understanding of how bacterial defense mechanisms operate may help scientists select phages with the best chance of ...

Advanced imaging has revealed how a membrane protein’s unique structure enables a bacterial predator to attack and consume ...