Bacteria

How strep throat may trigger autoimmune disease

Health
How strep throat may trigger autoimmune disease
How strep throat may trigger autoimmune disease

How occasional binge drinking can still affect your health

Health
How occasional binge drinking can still affect your health
How occasional binge drinking can still affect your health

Volcanoes may have helped spread the Black Death

Science
Volcanoes may have helped spread the Black Death
Volcanoes may have helped spread the Black Death

NASA discovered a bacteria that can ‘play dead’

Science
NASA discovered a bacteria that can ‘play dead’
NASA discovered a bacteria that can ‘play dead’

Save the … microbes?

Science
Save the … microbes?
Save the … microbes?

The Black Death was one of history’s deadliest plagues. Here’s why.

Science
The Black Death was one of history’s deadliest plagues. Here’s why.
The Black Death was one of history’s deadliest plagues. Here’s why.

Flesh-eating bacteria are becoming more pervasive—here’s why

Environment
Flesh-eating bacteria are becoming more pervasive—here’s why
Flesh-eating bacteria are becoming more pervasive—here’s why

Plague still exists—but what threat does it pose to humans today?

Animals
Plague still exists—but what threat does it pose to humans today?
Plague still exists—but what threat does it pose to humans today?

Probiotic supplements won't help everyone

Health
Probiotic supplements won't help everyone
Probiotic supplements won't help everyone

Appendix cancer is rare—but it has quadrupled in millennials

Health
Appendix cancer is rare—but it has quadrupled in millennials
Appendix cancer is rare—but it has quadrupled in millennials

Got food poisoning? One of these 4 bugs is likely the cause

Health
Got food poisoning? One of these 4 bugs is likely the cause
Got food poisoning? One of these 4 bugs is likely the cause

The surprising connections between diet and mental health

Health
The surprising connections between diet and mental health
The surprising connections between diet and mental health

The secret to a healthy gut is simpler than you think

Health
The secret to a healthy gut is simpler than you think
The secret to a healthy gut is simpler than you think

Tuberculosis is rising in the U.S. again. How did we get here?

Science
Tuberculosis is rising in the U.S. again. How did we get here?
Tuberculosis is rising in the U.S. again. How did we get here?

Why did ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria cases rise in Florida this year?

Science
Why did ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria cases rise in Florida this year?
Why did ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria cases rise in Florida this year?
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