Healthcare‑associated infections are infections that surface 48 hours after a patient’s admission, or, within a month after ...

Like a collection of ragtag villagers fighting off an invading army, the mix of bacteria that live in our guts may band together to keep dangerous infections from taking hold, new research suggests.

Human infections from drug-resistant bacteria are spiking in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned. The CDC’s laboratory tests have shown that occurrences of a bacteria ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (WPVI) -- Zachary Doubek had just finished a baseball game when his mother says he started to cry. Marnie Doubek, Zachary's mother, recalls, "I said, 'What's the matter?' And he ...

A groundbreaking vaccine developed by Harvard researchers offers hope against infections from implanted medical devices. This ...

Four men in Georgia, all living in the same county, mysteriously became infected with a potentially deadly soil bacterium that’s normally found in the tropics and subtropics, particularly Southeast ...

Twin Sisters Creamery is recalling several raw-milk cheeses, including Whatcom Blue, Farmhouse, Peppercorn, and Mustard Seed, ...

New research shows that eosinophils, immune cells usually linked to allergies, also play a protective role against Candida infections by using the CD48 receptor to recognize the fungus and release ...

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile -- Rescuers have sent down antibiotics and ointments and were working Tuesday to blast cool, dry air to 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground for more than a month. All the ...