You cannot get Lyme disease if you come into contact with someone’s sneeze, cough, or blood. Learn when it is contagious and ...

Until very recently, this microbe-mediated immune education was thought to be initiated when a newborn baby leaves the relatively sterile environment of the uterus and is seeded with its mother’s ...

Cambridge University says a study in mice found the presence of the bacteria Bifidobacterium breve in a pregnant mother’s gut supported healthy brain development in the fetus. Researchers ...

A study led by Hiroshi Ohno at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) recently showed that certain gut ...

A new study from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) shows that certain gut bacteria found in one-month-old infants are associated with future development of food sensitivities and ...

Honey contains C. botulinum bacteria, which can produce a toxin in a baby's large intestine, leading to a rare but serious illness known as "infant botulism." Following is a transcript of the video.