Any Lyme test available for sale at a drugstore or website is unapproved, says Andrea Love, a microbiologist and director of the American Lyme Disease Foundation. Another red flag is the use of saliva ...

The products meant to keep you clean may actually be putting your health in danger. A shocking bacterial contamination has forced the recall of over a dozen well-known soap and sanitizer products ...

Chlamydia is the most common bacterial STI, with about 1.5 million reported cases each year, and the actual number is likely ...

Genevieve Gallagher was infected with Vibrio vulnificus in July after boating and swimming with her family in Florida. Her recovery is ongoing.

Researchers from the University of the Sunshine Coast spent more than 10 years developing a single-dose vaccine to protect ...

A mom of three is speaking out and sharing a warning after she contracted and nearly died from a bacterial infection.

Many harmful bacteria can move to evade high concentrations of antibiotics. This allows them to spread through the body and makes them harder to treat, contributing to the growing problem of ...

A total of five people have now died amid an outbreak of bacterial pneumonia, which has infected dozens of people in New York City, according to health officials. As of Aug. 19, there have been 108 ...

Antibiotics like amoxicillin can increase your risk of developing a yeast infection. This happens because antibiotics can also kill off "good" bacteria that help keep yeast from overgrowing. Jump to ...

Two-thirds of samples assessed were found to be multidrug-resistant. Cases of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections are high in Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, a new analysis finds. The ...

Fatal infections from "flesh-eating" bacteria Vibrio vulnificus are on the rise, with eight deaths and dozens more cases already this year, and experts warn that climate change is in part to blame.