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The study suggests that certain bacteria found in the gut could actually cause insomnia.

Many people think frozen vegetables are completely safe from harmful bacteria, but that’s not always the case. While freezing stops bacteria from growing, it doesn’t necessarily kill it. This means that if the vegetables were contaminated before freezing, the bacteria can survive until they’re cooked—or eaten. Recent food recalls have…

Maple, a springer spaniel, is part of a project at a Michigan university focused on risk factors affecting the bees’ health

People in healthcare settings, those with weakened immune systems, including chronic lung diseases, particularly cystic fibrosis, are at highest risk of infection says the CDC

With conventional waste management systems falling short, many scientists are turning to nature for innovative solutions to the issue of plastic waste. One promising avenue is microbial degradation: harnessing the natural abilities of certain bacteria and fungi to break down plastics in ways that current technologies cannot.

If an air conditioning system malfunctions or isn’t properly maintained, it can become contaminated with infectious microbes

In 2013, a mysterious epidemic swept across the Pacific Coast of North America, rapidly turning billions of sea stars from Mexico to Alaska into goo.

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At least five people have died in Florida from a flesh-eating bacterium reported across southern US states