British physician and microbiologist Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin nearly 100 years ago, was the first to warn ...

In light of Pope Francis’ pneumonia diagnosis, Dr. Leana Wen explains why older adults are especially at risk for serious ...

Researchers have revealed how Staphylococcus aureus bacteria extract iron from hemoglobin—a process crucial to their survival ...

Priscilla Dray had both legs, as well as her right forearm and her left hand amputated in August 2011, per reports ...

Inhaling the bacteria could produce symptoms like abdominal cramps, nausea, diarrhoea, and vomiting. But there is one thing ...

PETS at Home has been forced to stop selling guinea pigs amid infection fears, we can reveal. Bosses at the pet chain learned some of the furry animals have Streptococcus, more commonly known as ...

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) declared an outbreak of superbug MRSA, a bacteria resistant to many antibiotics, at Victoria Hospital on Wednesday. The MRSA outbreak, which stands for methicillin ...