Could a type of common bacteria found in the eye be driving Alzheimer’s disease? Design by MNT; Photography by Ed Reschke/Getty Images & Yasser Chalid/Getty Images Scientists believe the ...

Captive green iguanas are known carriers of salmonella, a bacteria that can cause diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps in humans. Iguanas can also transmit the rare bacterial infection mycobacterium ...

Some of the world's deadliest bacteria seek out and feed on human blood, a newly-discovered phenomenon researchers are calling 'bacterial vampirism.' Researchers have found the bacteria are attracted ...

Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine. And doing so reliably is more important than ever, given the increasing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, accounting ...

Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death.Video above: How did ...

Scientists have created a genomic blueprint for Aeromonas bacteria, which can cause antibiotic-resistant diarrheal disease—with symptoms often misidentified as cholera—in humans and animals.

The team showed that kidney impairment increased nitrate levels in the colon. The nitrates turbocharged Escherichia coli’s (E. coli) production of indole, an organic compound that turns into a harmful ...

Scientists at MIT have discovered that a little-known protein called intelectin-2 plays a powerful double role in defending the gut. The protein strengthens the mucus layer that lines the ...

Schulman, Ph.D. We have known for some time that changes in the eye may help detect Alzheimer’s disease — a type of dementia affecting about 32 million people globally. Previous research has linked ...