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The CDC is no longer recommending that all adolescents and teens get vaccinated for potentially fatal bacterial meningitis, ...

Each year, more than two million people die from advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD). Previous research has linked gut ...

A toxin secreted by cholera bacteria can inhibit the growth of colorectal cancer without causing any measurable damage to the ...

Bacteria can sneakily evade our best efforts at eradication by developing resistance to various pressures in their ...

Adult bacterial meningitis carries high mortality and neurological complications, especially from Listeria and Streptococcus ...

New study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

The protein can act as a light-driven semiconductor without the need for added dyes, metals or external power sources, according to officials from the Ministry of Science and Technology.