A dead rabbit found in Central Illinois has tested positive for a bacterial disease, prompting the local health department to urge residents to monitor their families and pets for signs of the illness ...

Abstract: Accurate detection of gram-positive bacterial colonies is essential for managing chronic wounds and overcoming delays in healing, as these bacteria can worsen wound conditions and impede ...

A new study involving the Medical University of Vienna shows how the multi-resistant fungus Candida auris utilises carbon dioxide (CO₂) to survive on the skin and become resistant to antifungal ...

GUNNISON, Colo. (KREX) – A beaver found dead at Gunnison River Whitewater Park tested positive for tularemia, a zoonotic bacterial disease, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The carcass was ...

Many bacteria produce proteins with antibacterial properties. However, owing to their reliance on a specific surface receptor for target cell entry, all known antibacterial proteins (ABPs) are only ...

The U.S. is witnessing a troubling rise in infections caused by bacteria carrying the NDM gene — dubbed “nightmare bacteria”— which one expert says poses a "grave danger" to public health. Infection ...

PITTSFIELD — Seven patients have tested positive for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease, Berkshire Health Systems reported on Thursday. One of the patients later died, although because of ...

Three wells in Germantown, Wisconsin tested positive for bacterial contaminants after heavy rainfall and flooding. Well No. 7, which tested positive for E. coli, has been shut down, and the village ...

In patients with severe gram-positive bacterial infections, outcomes were comparable between those who received long-acting lipoglycopeptides vs standard care antibiotics as step-down therapy.

Hold your nose — and maybe hold off on that beach day. More than 60% of U.S. beaches tested in 2024 had at least one day where the water was so full of fecal bacteria that it failed federal safety ...

A lot of us have trained ourselves to expect the worst—not because we want to be pessimists, but because figuring out how to be more positive often feels like an abstract concept, tied to forced, ...