bacterial infection

About one-quarter of the world population is believed to have contracted TB bacteria.

The New York State Department of Health issued a guidance report Wednesday detailing the arrival of a flesh-eating bacteria that ...

LOS ANGELES—Madonna has postponed her career-spanning Celebration tour due to what her manager called a “serious bacterial infection” ...

Having the spleen surgically removed can create serious long-term consequences, putting us at risk for severe, life-threatening infections.

Secondary bacterial pneumonia killed many COVID-19 patients who were on a ventilator, according to a new study. Researchers from Northwestern ...

Following three recent tetanus cases including the first death in 30 years of an Australian woman, the government ...

It turns out the majority of us don't wash our bed sheets as often as we should. A ...

Antibiotic resistance is an increasingly significant public health issue in the United States. The problem is rapidly growing ...

A man in Florida has died after becoming infected with an amoeba known to damage the brain, likely ...

Australian health officials have sounded an alarm over a rise in rare COVID-mimicking bacterial infections that can cause ...

C. difficile (C. diff) is a bacterial infection that affects nearly half a million Americans each year. Paradoxically, ...

Even with seven years and eight rounds of antibiotics, Megan Owen couldn't fight an infection brought on when ...

Beto O’Rourke, the Democrat nominee in the Texas governor's race, said on Aug. 28 that he’s been diagnosed with ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—A restaurant customer in Fort Lauderdale has died of a bacterial infection after eating raw oysters. ...

Private-brand health and beauty care manufacturer Vi-Jon is recalling all variants of one of its laxatives after the ...

New research conducted by the Australian National University has identified pathways for lethal Clostridium spp. bacteria, potentially leading ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Friday it identified a rare and deadly bacteria in an ...

A New Jersey oral surgeon has had his license suspended for five years after one of his patients ...

A baby in the United Kingdom died after being kissed by many people at a community event and ...