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A 2017 study led by researchers at Purdue University tested 90 reusable water bottles and found that most were crawling with ...

Exposure to antibiotics during a key developmental window in infancy can stunt the growth of insulin-producing cells in the ...

The pathogen C. diff — the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea — can use a compound that kills ...

The pathogen C. diff—the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea—can use a compound that kills the ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a serious public health threat. Understanding the biology of these bacteria--such as how they synthesise their protective capsules--is essential for developing new ...

In Estonia, many people learned a lesson from ethnomedicine as children: that placing a plantain leaf on a scraped knee would ...

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The old-fashioned tradition of brewing tea in the sun is a summer ritual for many, but is it safe? We asked the FDA to weigh ...

Bacteria have mostly been portrayed as villains that make us sick, but the Human Microbiome Project showed that we share our ...

While coffee has many health benefits, including promoting bowel regularity, that doesn't mean you should drink an excessive ...