Researchers have uncovered a surprising connection between gut bacteria and the development of ALS and frontotemporal dementia. Their work suggests that certain microbes produce inflammatory sugars ...

An outbreak of bacterial pneumonia has infected dozens of people in New York City, according to health officials. A total of 58 people have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, a type of ...

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Scientists in Seoul have uncovered 15 gut bacterial species linked to coronary artery disease, showing that microbes can influence heart health far beyond digestion. Their findings reveal how shifts ...

The myelin sheaths insulating neurons are damaged in multiple sclerosis. Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library/Brand X Pictures via Getty Images The environment plays a key role in determining who ...

By Pooja Toshniwal Paharia A large prospective study links specific gut microbes and diet-derived metabolites to future cardiometabolic disease risk, highlighting how the microbiome may reflect ...

Scientists have created a genomic blueprint for Aeromonas bacteria, which can cause antibiotic-resistant diarrheal disease—with symptoms often misidentified as cholera—in humans and animals.

A total of five people have now died amid an outbreak of bacterial pneumonia, which has infected dozens of people in New York City, according to health officials. As of Aug. 19, there have been 108 ...

A comprehensive new review is shedding light on the growing evidence that gut microbiome imbalances—known as dysbiosis—may play a key role in the development and progression of mild cognitive ...

Scientists are uncovering a surprising way to influence bacteria—not by killing them, but by changing how they communicate. Researchers studying oral bacteria found that disrupting chemical signals ...