Friendly sinus bacteria may keep sinusitis-causing strains in check.
Friendly sinus bacteria may keep sinusitis-causing strains in check.
A cheap pain reliever that can kill drug-resistant, tuberculosis-causing bacteria may never be tested.
With a cardboard box, a light source, and some filters, roadside clinics can accurately test for tuberculosis.
Mimicking a host-cell histone protein offers flu a sneaky tactic to suppress immune response.
Diverse plant communities create a disease-fighting "soil genotype."
Identical resistance genes in soil and clinical bacteria hint at dangerous genetic arms trade that is aggravating the antibiotic-resistance crisis.
A study finds that drug-resistant tuberculosis is more prevalent than current estimates suggest.
Are states with less rigorous rules about which children can claim an exception from vaccination in kindergarten putting communities at higher risk of childhood disease?
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Federal officials will release harmless bacteria into subway tunnels beneath the Northeastern city to test new sensors designed to detect biological agents.