Microbiology

The toxic Gowanus canal could host a 'reservoir of potential solutions.'

Overall, "space miso" tastes just like regular miso—but slight differences in its microbial profile suggest that extraterrestrial conditions affect how microbes grow and flourish

Alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a bite from the lone star tick, may also be triggered by the deer tick and the western black-legged tick.

A new strain of bird flu — H7N9 — is detected in at a poultry farm; scientists learn past human flu exposure may provide some immunity to H5N1.

As politicians move to ban mRNA vaccines in some states, research into vaccine side effects is going viral

Some experts think "xenobot" cells that reorganize themselves after death signify a form of consciousness—while others vehemently disagree.

The Trump administration has for weeks been blocking the U.S. National Institutes of Health process for issuing new research grants for everything from Lyme disease to lung...

MIT professors Ariel Furst, Mohsen Ghaffari, Marzyeh Ghassemi, Darcy McRose, Sarah Millholland, Emil Verner, and Christian Wolf, along with 21 additional MIT alumni, are among 126 early-career researchers named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows.

A CDC study has found H5N1 bird flu antibodies in veterinarians who had no symptoms and no knowledge they had been working with infected livestock.

What's lurking in the Martian soil?

Eleven people have been sickened in a severe Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) outbreak in France linked to raw milk cheese.  Nine hemolytic

"But unlike tap or commercially bottled water, raw water is not evaluated for safety"

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service is continuing its sampling plan and has published updates for the 2025 fiscal year. The plan is designed to

With one arm in a sling, Highlands seventh grader Emily Svorcek struggled to put her socks on using only her other hand. "I was pretending I had a stroke," said Emily, 12, of Harrison. "It makes the difficulty pretty real." The demonstration was part of a career expo hosted Friday

In fall 2024, Andrea Love, PhD, and Katie Suleta, DHSc, MPH, MS, wrote an op-ed on how the growth of the wellness industry is a double-edged sword, offering both benefits and risks for public health. Now, with President-elect Donald Trump nominating unconventional leaders for U.S. health agencies, Love and Suleta revisited the topic to discuss their concerns for health and wellness under the incoming administration.

Don't forget the power of a strong doctor-patient relationship

Reports of rising hMPV infections in China have attracted media attention, but experts say the virus poses low pandemic risk owing to widespread immunity.

Dutch experts discussed a range of microbial and chemical safety topics in 2023 and rated them in terms of risk. To identify new food safety risks as

Information published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has listed the top food safety concerns related to imported egg products. The risk profile

Five topics were considered to be emerging risks by European experts in 2023 while a wide range of other subjects were considered, according to a recently