Deep within the world's oceans lurk marine bacteria armed with plastic-munching enzymes, their evolution seemingly sculpted ...

Identify & Prevent Bacterial Speck. Bacterial speck of tomato plants is easily confused with other common diseases. Here’s how to know if your tomatoes have bacterial speck or spot and how to treat it ...

Midtown Beach is back under a no-swim advisory, after an Oct. 6 Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County water-quality sample again found high levels of enterococci bacteria, said a Palm ...

Space agencies are planning to send crews to Mars within decades but sustaining life on the red planet would be more difficult if important bacteria die during the flight. Now an Australian-led study ...

On May 31, Herman Middleton felt horrible. His right calf was pulsing in pain. He had a fever of 104 — a type of hurt he had never felt before. Regina Middleton, his wife and registered nurse of 36 ...

Several hand soaps, cleansers and antiseptics have been voluntarily recalled over a bacteria contamination that could lead to "life-threatening sepsis." DermaRite Industries recalled its DermaKleen ...

The recent failure of five sites in the Tar-Pamlico watershed for excessive amounts of fecal bacteria serves as a reminder to exercise caution when planning a recreational outing on North Carolina ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department (HCS) released their 2024 test results for blacklegged ticks, submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — After historic flooding rocked parts of North Carolina last week, health officials are warning swimmers to stay out of some state rivers. Heavy rains from last week's storms led to ...

The truck pulled off the coastal highway and Jennifer Ahlbrand jumped out, bound for the beach on an urgent mission. She headed for the shoreline to fill a clear bottle and stick a measuring device in ...

Traditional biochemical methods of studying human gene mutations are often laborious and costly. Now bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new simple approach to ...

Bioengineers from UC San Diego developed a simple technique of using bacteria as living test tubes to study human gene mutations and rapidly screen chemicals for their potential drug use. Image credit ...