YONGSAN, SOUTH KOREA -- In a scene from the 1960s science fiction British television show, Doctor Who, mobile robots roamed the streets using ultraviolent rays to 'exterminate' any humans in their ...

What would happen if all the diseases in the world hit us at the exact same time? – Gabriella, age 12, Irving, Texas When I was younger, I would watch “Batman” on my black-and-white television after ...

In a recent review published in the journal PNAS, researchers examined the germ theory from a non-centric perspective on infection outcome, considering the variables that influence illness severity ...

Cronobacter sakazakii is a harmful germ that can be found in powdered baby formula. It can cause very serious health problems in infants, such as meningitis and septicemia. Right now, it takes a long ...

Knowing how germs are transmitted is key to preventing disease, and it varies for different bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens. In some cases, you have to come into direct contact with an infected ...

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Cronobacter sakazakii is a harmful germ that can be found in powdered baby formula. It can cause very serious health problems in infants, such as meningitis and septicemia. Right now, it takes a long ...

A healthy 52-year-old woman died after developing a pyopneumothorax, a collection of pus and air between the lung and the chest wall, caused by a typically benign mouth bacterium. The case report was ...

A strange disease has killed 99.7% of a type of sea urchin called Diadema africanum along Tenerife's coast in just three years. This pushes the species close to dying out locally in the Canary Islands ...