Cases of "extensively drug-resistant" Shigella bacteria are on the rise and pose a "serious public health threat," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned last month. In February of 2022 ...

A quiet but powerful process begins the moment food touches your mouth. Long before your immune system reacts, bacteria in your saliva and gut may already be shaping what happens next. For people with ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

One of the big mysteries in food allergy is why two people with similar levels of peanut specific antibodies can react so differently. It turns out the answer may be in the mouth and gut's bacteria. A ...

A new study analyzed the gut microbiomes of people who get colon cancer young versus those who get the disease later in life. Some bacteria strains are more present in the guts of young colon cancer ...

The research team found that millions of bacteria floating in tiny fog droplets are alive, growing and breaking down ...

Dental implants have given tens of millions of people something dentures never could: a full set of fixed and fully ...

A new study suggests changes in gut bacteria after bariatric surgery are closely linked to metabolic outcomes and type 2 diabetes remission. Patients with better blood sugar improvement tended to show ...

RFK Jr. may have abandoned the issue, but raw milk isn't going away.