Rapidly spreading, harrowing and potentially lethal, a necrotizing soft tissue infection — so-called flesh-eating disease — ...

Pharmacists are the most accessible healthcare professionals in Canada, dispensing and providing advice on 750 million prescriptions per year. Families around the province now have another option to g ...

It was an everyday situation that became a nightmare no parent should have to face. Two-year-old Ava Hodgkinson was under the ...

Dirty bags are breeding ground for unwanted bacteria that could cause E. coli, streptococcus and staphylococcus.

Researchers have discovered that proteins found in oyster blood have bacteria-killing properties and can boost the ...

In new research published today in PLOS ONE, we show that antimicrobial proteins isolated from oyster hemolymph (the ...

Superbugs that are resistant to existing antibiotics are a growing health problem around the world. Globally, nearly five million people die from ...

Some types of meningitis are contagious. You can get it from respiratory droplets in close contact with someone. Learn about ...

If you grew up in the United States after the middle of the past century, you've probably never thought much about rheumatic fever. And for good reason. In that era, ...