Most tuberculosis tests are conducted on sputum samples. The difficulty with this is that many people, particularly children ...

A novel breath test that identifies bacterial infections may offer clinicians a rapid, non-invasive diagnostic and monitoring tool.

Vaginitis, which incudes yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis, affects up to 75% of women at least once in their lives, ...

Recent discoveries are helping scientists face this challenge in innovative ways. Studies have found that nearly a quarter of drugs that aren’t normally prescribed as antibiotics, such as medications ...

Research on the gut microbiome has focused mainly on bacteria, but bacteriophages and fungi play critical roles as well, with significant influences on health and disease.

A breakthrough study by Irish researchers pinpointed a biomarker for the early identification of the potentially deadly ...

Inspired by sea sponges, researchers created living micro-lenses from bacteria that may improve medical and industrial ...

Recognizing early body signals helps distinguish viral from bacterial infections and avoid unnecessary meds or doctor visits.

A new bacteria-inspired robot uses 12 spinning arms to move around the same way bacteria does and scientists want to make it ...