A once manageable infection is surging in the U.S., as the CDC warns that new strains are becoming resistant to antibiotics

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A team has developed a new self-disinfecting cotton fabric capable of eliminating bacteria, fungi and viruses in hospital settings using visible light.

A new study led by Paul Schulze-Lefert from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, in collaboration with Ricardo F.H. Giehl at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and…

A multi-omic study links gut bacteria, microbial metabolites, and changes in heart function, pointing to biological relationships that could reshape how researchers investigate heart failure progression. Study: Gut microbiome shifts in chronic systolic heart failure are associated with disease severity and clinical improvement. Image Credit: Lightspring / Shutterstock A recent study published in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research suggests that alterations in the gut microbiome in chronic systolic heart failure (HF) due to nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) are associated with disease severity and clinical improvement. The researchers found that Bifidobacterium, some strains of which produced indole-3-propionic acid (IPA) in laboratory experiments, may play a role in HF. In particular, greater Bifidobacterium abundance was associated with milder disease and improved functional status, while higher circulating IPA and predicted microbial butyrate production were associated with milder HF measures. HF patients experience considerable morbidity and an increased risk of death. The condition is becoming more prevalent, and disease trajectories vary, while the mechanisms underlying disease progression remain poorly understood. The gut microbiome contributes to several biological pathways, but its role in chronic HF remains unclear. Most previous studies were cross-sectional, with small sample sizes and limited functional profiling. About the study In the present...

Once a death sentence, cystic fibrosis now has a life-saving treatment. Follow the decades-long scientific quest, fueled by desperate parents, that led to this revolutionary breakthrough.

"Race realist" Nathan Cofnas claims his "hereditarianist" viewpoint is scientifically accurate - by citing pseudoscientific research and misleading rhetoric.

FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2026 (HealthDay News) — A well-known brain-healthy diet appears to ward off decline and dementia by protecting a person’s arteries, a new stud

University of South Florida researchers have discovered a previously unknown vulnerability in Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax), a malaria parasite that infects millions of people in Central and South…

Virtually all of the 175,000 public comments on a 2022 FDA proposal to ban menthol cigarettes were form letters, most echoing tobacco industry talking points.

An early fall increase in COVID-19 cases is being reported in several states. Maps show where activity is increasing.

Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, are among the most common bacterial infections and are caused mostly by the uropathogenic bacterium Escherichia coli. But even after antibiotic treatment, many…

This programmable DNA computer can perform arithmetic without the continuous energy input needed by other systems.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) primarily targets the respiratory epithelium, yet severe disease features diffuse lung injury and hyperinflammatory syndromes driven by dys...

Getting your hands sudsy with certain soap may cause serious infection.

In the sickest COVID-19 patients, SARS-CoV-2 doesn't just cause severe damage by directly infecting airway cells. The virus can also trigger hyperinflammation—a cycle in which immune cells themselves ...

Doses of Moderna’s mFlusiva are available at CVS. Walgreens expects to begin receiving shipments of the vaccine any day now.

University of Alberta researchers are excited about a breakthrough that could improve how Alzheimer's disease is treated.

Scientists, clinicians, seed companies and others may soon have a new tool in their toolkit for detecting bacterial pathogens, thanks to a new study by researchers in Penn State's College of…

Structural variants and so-called tandem repeats are individual differences in the human genome. They are increasingly linked to diseases, but analyzing and interpreting them poses challenges for…