An international team of scientists from Italy, India, Iran, and Great Britain conducted a study involving 268 newly married couples, focusing on the role of the oral microbiome in the transmission of ...

PHOENIX — There’s nothing that seems more harmless than a kitchen towel. It’s a staple in many American homes, as the unofficial ornament to the oven handle and a way for families to keep their dishes ...

UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Some hospital nurses are now using a new line of defense when it comes to protecting themselves and patients against dangerous bacteria. 69-year-old Raymond Singer ...

The success of modern medicine rests on the ability to control infections. But decades of antibiotic overuse—in hospitals, communities, and farms—have fueled a global surge in resistant microbes.

Infection-causing fungi responsible for millions of deaths a year will spread significantly to new regions as the planet heats up, new research predicts — and the world is not prepared. Fungi are ...

Beware the hospital sink drain. A new study out this week shows that these drains can be a common source of scary, drug-resistant pathogens, even after deep cleaning. Researchers at the University of ...

In crowded hospitals with limited resources, these bacteria can spread easily from child to child. Without urgent action, more children could die from infections that used to be easy to treat." This ...