Eleven people have been infected with Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "fleshing-eating" bacteria, and four of them died, ...

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...

On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into ...

Sea turtles are considered crucial bioindicators of marine environmental health due to their extensive lifespans, ...

Florida leads the nation in cases of Vibrio vulnificus — a rare but deadly flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in warm, ...

Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have created a portable food safety device they hope will one day be used at ...

The "flesh-eating" bacteria vibrio vulnificus are prompting health officials to close beaches across the U.S. this summer.

A new study published in Nature Microbiology has reported a naturally occurring family of bacterial species in the human gut ...

A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling ...

When tested on their own and in mice, these bacterial strains from the human microbiome show promise in accumulating PFAS ...

Prediabetes affects a third of people in the United States and most of them will develop Type 2 diabetes, yet effective ...

Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...