Researchers have developed new methods to test food for bacterial contamination that are faster and do not require expert training. The work is being done at the University of Connecticut College of ...

Maryland health officials announced the lifting of recreational water advisories for the Potomac River in Prince George’s and ...

Oakland County says filters are being installed in the boys' secure detention building and the school building.

Something to know before you take that first dip of the season.

A health advisory for Palm Beach’s Midtown Beach was lifted March 5 after follow-up testing showed bacteria levels had ...

The gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis has long presented researchers with a paradox. It has been associated with colorectal cancer, yet it also lives quite happily in most healthy people. A study by ...

Testing data obtained by The Eagle reveals persistent Legionella contamination across multiple systems at Berkshire Medical Center, including cooling towers and tap water in patient areas. The finding ...

Antibiotic susceptibility in resistant bacteria is not static. New research shows that bacteria harboring resistance genes may respond differently to antibiotics if they are tested under conditions ...

A quiet warning signal for Crohn’s disease may show up in your blood years before your stomach ever hurts. That is the message from new research out of Sinai Health, where scientists report a blood ...

Janina Krumbeck, PhD, discusses the clinical advantages of next-generation sequencing over traditional culture and how this untargeted diagnostic approach provides comprehensive pathogen ...

A doctor yesterday reminded people not to take certain types of drugs before getting a stool antigen test for Helicobacter pylori amid a one-time government-funded testing program for people aged 45 ...

New research has found that at-home gut microbiome tests lack standardization, resulting in different results from the same ...