Herpes viruses reactivate in more than half of crew aboard Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions, according to NASA research published in Frontiers in Microbiology....
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON—Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs have turned HIV infection from a death sentence to a chronic condition. In most people the drugs routinely tamp HIV levels so...
A tree’s growth is dependent on nutrients from the soil and water, as well as the microbes in, on, and around the roots. Similarly, a human’s...
A flu pandemic could strike without warning in the coming years, global health experts warn. The World Health Organization addressed the possibility of a flu pandemic...
As countries around the world grapple with rise of “anti-vax” sentiment, non-vaccinating parents in Italy face fines or their children being turned away from school Health...
A simpler way to treat TB?Malvika Verma and Karan Vishwanath If you hate taking pills, you might be excited by the invention of a coil that...
For one in 10 cystic fibrosis patients, current therapies don’t work, leaving them ravaged by shortness of breath and bouts of pneumonia and other infections. Now, there...
A sick dog in Colorado caused alarm at a veterinary hospital when doctors realized the animal was infected with a rare and deadly illness: the plague....
Since most of the microbes in our gut are bacteria, they tend to hog much of the microbiome research limelight. But lurking amongst the bacteria are...
The largest ever catalog of bacterial and archaeal microbes commonly populating the human body across worldwide populations has been assembled. This is the main result of...
“People don’t understand Lyme. They don’t understand what one tick can do to a person,” Perry said. #LymeDisease click2houston.com/health/lyme-di…
My favorite mentalist and magician @ItsMaxMajor was on @TODAYshow this morning. Watch now to learn about his medical mystery and his road to a diagnosis: today.com/video/magician… #lyme #lymedisease
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Going swimming this summer? Don't pee in the pool! Pee mixed with chlorine can cause red, stinging eyes. Keep pools and people healthy by keeping pee out! bit.ly/2NIXdZ9 #HealthySummer #HealthySwimming
Baking with your kids this summer? Raw eggs and flour in uncooked batter and dough can contain harmful germs such as E. coli. Don’t eat uncooked dough or batter. go.usa.gov/xmStk #FoodSafety #DoughNotFallForIt
