Bacterial meningitis is not common, but it is a medical emergency. Jeffrey Silvers, MD, an infectious diseases physician at Sutter Health, shares more. Bacterial meningitis is a serious and ...

Bacterial immune evasion is the process by which bacteria avoid and antagonize the bacterial host response, which is mediated by the host's immune system. Here, the authors show that vaginal ...

The culprit driving this pandemic: multidrug-resistant bacteria, also known as superbugs. Superbugs show extensive antibiotic resistance, meaning drugs that would historically cure people of the ...

"By analyzing those two datasets, we found out that spacer acquisition is really slow in human gut microbiome: On average, it would take 2.7 to 2.9 years for a bacterial species to acquire a ...

Dec 23 (Reuters) - Merck (MRK.N), opens new tab will discontinue its drug for a bacterial infection that can lead to fatal diarrhea, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's website showed on Monday.

BALTIMORE -- Water quality tests found elevated levels of legionella bacteria have been detected at three Baltimore City courthouses, according to the Baltimore City Mayor's Office. The city said ...

Experts warn that mirror bacteria could escape natural biological controls, potentially evolving to exploit resources in ways that disrupt ecosystems and pose unforeseen dangers to the environment and ...

Warning: This story contains images some readers may find distressing. Buruli ulcer is a rare bacterial infection that researchers believe is transferred from possums to humans via mosquitoes ...

Buruli ulcer, flesh-eating bacteria, is spreading in Australia, with cases being reported from Victoria, North Queensland and the Northern Territory. Its recent appearance in New South Wales (NSW) and ...