A flesh-eating bacteria linked to the use of black tar heroin has killed at least seven people over the past two months in the San Diego area, prom

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A flesh-eating bacteria linked to the use of black tar heroin has killed at least seven people over the past two months in San Die

Even if it looks clean, it could be non-potable water contaminated with viruses, bacteria, protozoa or other microorganisms invisible to the human

Credit...Shawn Gust/Coeur D'Alene Press, via Associated Press Seven people in San Diego have died in the last two months from a flesh-eating b

At least seven people in San Diego, Calif., have died in the last two months from a rare but serious bacterial infection linked to black tar heroin

The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency warned the medical community to be wary of possible additional cases of flesh-eating bacteria

The tally, including a case reported as recently as Nov. 18, more than doubles the magnitude of an ongoing outbreak linked to E.

A flesh-eating bacteria linked to the use of black tar heroin has killed at least seven San Diego County residents who injected the drug since earl

93% of beauty sponge users have never cleaned their tools and many use makeup products past their expiration dates.

These microbes have a diverse and extremely complex metabolic capacity.

More than nine in 10 products in your make-up bag could be swarming with dangerous bacteria. Credit: Aston University

From mascara to lip gloss, the makeup products you are currently using are likely crawling with infectious bacteria that could cause skin infection

Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics in a textbook evolution process.

As many as nine in 10 products in your make-up bag could be swarming with dangerous bacteria, research suggests.

Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 2 (ANI): While suffering from viral fever or bacterial infection, the first thing one does is to take antibiotics.

The team analyzed samples of bushmeat—meat derived from wildlife—in the Western Serengeti in Tanzania and identified several groups of bacteria, ma

“This feat is a powerful proof of concept that opens up a new exciting prospect of using engineered bacteria to transform products we regard as was

Sorghum anthracnose devastates crops of the drought- and heat-resistant cereal worldwide.

According to the county's health officer, Dr.

Out of all the new solutions that scientists are coming up with to help tackle climate change and put a stop to it, you’d think bacteria are the le

These bacteria may help develop future technologies that reduce greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere and fight global warming.

Bacteria-infested bugs take bite out of deadly dengue Washington — They still bite, but new research shows lab-grown mosquitoes are fighting danger

A British biotech company is developing a method of dyeing clothes that taps into the bright colours of birds and butterflies and uses micro-organi

"From a basic scientific perspective, we wanted to see if such a major transformation in the diet of bacteria—from dependence on sugar to the