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Replacing swallowed medicines with inhaled versions means the lowest possible effective dose can be administered and helps stop bugs becoming resistant to drugs, writes Dr Miriam Stoppard

Access to clean drinking water is fundamental to our health and wellbeing, and a universal human right. But almost 200,000 Australians are still forced to use water contaminated with unsafe levels of various chemicals and bacteria. The situation is especially dire in remote areas.

Oysters that contain Vibrio do not ‘look, smell, or even taste different from any other oyster,’ CDC states

In a recent study, researchers outline a new tool that may help us track down gut bacteria that are wreaking havoc on the immune system.

Bacteria do, and will, end up in food. Everyone eats – intentionally or unintentionally – millions to billions of live microbes every day.

Roger 'Rocky' Pickney, 44, died from Vibrio vulnificus from oysters he ate while celebrating his birthday and daughter's graduation

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — About a week after a father-daughter dinner, Roger “Rocky” Pinckney died, falling victim to bacteria in one of the celebratory oysters.

Supermarket Lidl is asking shoppers not to eat one of its mackerel products because the packs might contain bacteria that can cause serious illness, and for consumers to return packs for a refund

The 1918 influenza pandemic resulted in the loss of over 3% of the world’s population – at least 50 million people. But it wasn’t the flu virus that caused the majority of these deaths.