Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have found two gut bacteria working together that contribute to chronic constipation. The duo, Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, ...

The disease best known to health professionals is cat scratch disease, caused by Bartonella henselae. It's important to understand the real prevalence of these diseases, especially in isolated regions ...

Five cases of Legionnaire's disease have been identified in New Hampshire, the state's Department of Health and Human Services officials announced Monday. The cases occurred in people who had visited ...

Scientists have created a genomic blueprint for Aeromonas bacteria, which can cause antibiotic-resistant diarrheal disease—with symptoms often misidentified as cholera—in humans and animals.

There’s more than one bacterial culprit for a disease that’s been eating away at elk hooves in the Pacific Northwest. A new study from Washington State University found that at least two separate ...

Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterial species that can spread to people and animals from the bite of a deer tick—also called a black-legged tick—carrying ...

Getting sick is always uncomfortable and inconvenient. The good news is that you can prevent many common types of illness. Critical role of vaccines in general health Vaccines can help control and ...

Human and animal health are closely linked, with many diseases shared between them. As our world becomes more developed and interconnected, the proximity between wild animals and humans is shrinking, ...