Yesterday, San Diego County health officials raised a caution flag at the San Elijo Lagoon outlet, warning that water near ...

The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists have only begun to understand why. Two researchers set out to ...

GreenWise organic frozen blueberries, produced by Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A. in San Carlos, Chile, have been linked to an outbreak of illnesses caused by the bacteria E. coli O145:H28, according ...

Publix advised customers throw out even more fruit than was recalled. The Florida Department of Health first notified the CDC ...

Target is recalling two types of its Up&Up baby wipes (fragrance-free and fresh cucumber scent) because of potential bacterial contamination.

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with States Newsroom. It is part of the Grist series Vital Signs, exploring the ways climate change affects your health. This reporting initiative is ...

In the depths of Scarisoara cave in Romania sits one of the world’s biggest underground glaciers, a monumental slab of ice the size of roughly 40 Olympic swimming pools that began to form around ...

Beneath the ocean’s surface, bacteria have evolved specialized enzymes that can digest PET plastic, the material used in bottles and clothes. Researchers at KAUST discovered that a unique molecular ...

The infection rate of one type of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bacteria has risen by more than 460 percent in recent years. Scientists say people receiving treatment in hospitals are at ...

After scratching his leg on a boat trailer in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi a 77-year-old man died on July 21, 2025. The culprit behind the tragic progression of what seemed like a routine wound was an ...

A rare "flesh-eating bacteria" that lives in warm saltwater has led to at least four deaths this year, but some simple safety precautions can keep you safe while on vacation. The bacteria, Vibrio ...

On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into the water to collect a sample for studying aquatic microbes. Workers nearby ...