Now, the Douglas County Health Department is encouraging area residents to be aware of tularemia symptoms, and to monitor ...

Scientists have a new clue in the mystery of why younger people are getting more colon cancer. It may have to do with a toxin ...

It's unclear why colon cancer cases have doubled in people under 55 over the past two decades, a staggering rise that has ...

Stanford University researchers report that ciprofloxacin use drives persistent antibiotic resistance in human gut bacteria, ...

A deep-sea discovery turns frightening as a submarine crew finds aggressive sixgill sharks feasting on a whale carcass and ...

As the world heats up, vast numbers of microbes frozen in vast amounts of ice are set to thaw. We must prepare ...

Scientists have discovered two new methane-producing archaea in the human gut, revealing surprising links to inflammation and ...

Lyme disease, a disease transmitted when deer ticks feed on infected animals like deer and rodents, and then bite humans, impacts nearly half a million individuals in the U.S. annually.

Trauma Services reports that fentanyl has turned into a crisis for first responders, property managers, and maintenance ...

Mice overcame a Lyme disease infection after being given an antibiotic that is often used for pneumonia, and its effect on ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a live-imaging system, Phollow, that tracks individual ...

Dr. Kenneth May, president of the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association, speaks in opposition to a bill that would permit raw milk to be sold at Iowa grocery stores and farmers markets. May emphasized ...