Two people have died in a bacterial meningitis outbreak in the south of England. Here’s what you need to know.

Two students in Kent have died after an outbreak of meningitis around Canterbury and many more are in hospital - here’s a ...

A high-fat diet can cause the intestinal lining to weaken, allowing live gut bacteria to travel directly to the brain in mice ...

Scientists reveal truth about new terrifying form of meningitis which has killed two students, how you can catch it and the potential lifelong consequences if you survive ...

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 ...

Microbiology research responds to medical student's critique of unproven alternative treatments. One-size-fits-all medical ...

A new study in mice that ate a fat-heavy diet showed that live bacteria from an imbalanced gut - a digestive tract that ...

Gut dysbiosis caused by a high-fat diet can allow bacteria to move from the gut to the brain in mice, according to a new ...

High-fat diets allow gut bacteria to travel to the brain via the vagus nerve, potentially triggering neurological disorders.

Schulman, Ph.D. We have known for some time that changes in the eye may help detect Alzheimer’s disease — a type of dementia affecting about 32 million people globally. Previous research has linked ...

The two bacteria that cause bacterial constipation, seen under an electron microscope. Left: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Top: Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) image; Bottom: Scanning Electron ...