BLADDER infections in middle-age might be a sign of cancer, doctors warn. Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, are common and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Cases of a severe type of pneumonia called Legionnaires’ disease have been on the rise in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood since the end of July. As of Aug. 6, 73 people have been diagnosed with ...