The FDA is warning consumers about a nationwide recall of a potentially contaminated cream used to treat a common condition.

What if fog isn't just misty air, but a living ecosystem? This question hung over cloud researcher Thi Thuong Thuong Cao. As ...

We often hear that germs are something to avoid. Wash your hands. Clean your surfaces. Stay out of the mud! But scientists are discovering that our relationship with microbes is more complicated than ...

A non-toxic coating developed by researchers at University of Toronto Engineering prevents proteins from sticking to surfaces ...

Joe Bondy-Denomy solves a CRISPR caper: this is how a viral protein stows itself on protein factories in bacteria, and destroys a CRISPR protein, designed to kill viruses, while it's being made.

Just three days earlier, the man was otherwise healthy and active on the coast. But at one point when he jumped into the water, he got a cut on his right leg. It quickly became painful and bruised.

For going on 14 years, Charleston Waterkeeper has been collecting fecal contamination samples across the local watershed.

Brits have been reminded to stay aware of the signs of meningitis after a new cluster of cases has left one person dead and ...

Sudbury’s associate medical officer of health said the boil water advisory for much of the city was prompted by bacteria ...

Advances in imaging techniques reportedly debunks a purported "animal" fossil from long before the Cambrian explosion.