bacteria

Scientists believe they have found a way to beat sleeping sickness by using a bacterium against the host that spreads the disease to humans - the tsetse fly.

Some bacteria can evade efforts to vaccinate against them by shifting their disguises, researchers have found.

You vacuum your house religiously to get rid of all the dust, dirt, and bacteria and make sure your indoor air is up to snuff.

But new research suggests that some vacuum cleaners may actually be making things worse, not better.

A new study shows what many people have long suspected -- bacteria are plentiful in public restrooms.

(Emory University) The Seventh Annual Symposium on Predictive Health, to be held on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, will focus on health and the human microbiome.

The human microbiome consists of the microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, fungi and viruses, which reside throughout the body.

(Texas A&M AgriLife Communications) It's been called "the trots," "Montezuma's Revenge," and worse. But no matter the name, when it strikes, victims wish for something to quickly kill the offending bacteria.

That wish will come true if work by the new Texas A&M University Center for Phage Technology stays on target.

Public restrooms are often filled with infection-causing bacteria, a study shows.

True Leaf Farms of Salinas, Calif., is recalling 90 cartons of chopped romaine lettuce due to fears it may be contaminated with the sickening bacteria.

Eight people died and about 14,000 people in 38 states and Puerto Rico were sickened by bacteria and other bugs picked up during recreational swimming activities in a two-year period ending in December 2008, a new CDC report shows.

Injecting modified bacteria - related to those which cause tuberculosis - has the potential to protect against the lung disease, say US scientists.