The Latest Breaking News from Bacteria

From The Thing to The Last of Us, dozens of sci-fi classics have warned us about this moment — but did we listen?

The toxins could potentially be used as ‘markers’ for doctors to identify Parkinson’s patients at a higher risk of developing dementia

When María Branyas Morera died in 2024 at the age of 117, she left more than memories. She left science a gift: samples of her microbiome.

Researchers have developed a product that uses bacterial viruses, known as ‘bacteriophages’, to combat antimicrobial-resistant bacteria

Alexander Fleming was doing experiments with bacteria when he woke up to a strange mold growing in his petri dish. The "mold juice" would usher in the first antibiotic, penicillin, and would revolutionize medical care for bacterial infections.

Georgie Darling has your 101 on getting relief, quickly

I write about nature, but when Milly got sick with a mystery illness, it never occurred to me that a long-forgotten tick bite could be the cause

Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, a class of fire-resistant industrial chemicals, were widely used in electrical transformers, oils, paints and even building materials throughout the 20th century. However, once scientists learned PCBs were accumulating in the environment and posed a cancer risk to humans, new PCB production was banned in the…

A 64-year-old Tampa man died after contracting Vibrio vulnificus at Virginia Beach, where he was on vacation with his wife

LET’S UNPACK THAT: As personal hygiene companies launch all-body sprays and antiperspirants, Ellie Muir explores the bizarre marketing around these products – and why we shouldn’t be too quick to spray our crotches

Though the numbers are still small, the rate of US cases jumped more than fivefold in recent years.