Mercury is extraordinarily toxic, but it becomes especially dangerous when transformed into methylmercury—a form so harmful ...

President-elect Trump’s decision to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary will put ...

President-elect Trump’s decision to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary will put some of the former independent presidential candidate’s most ...

“We discovered an Achilles heel of antibiotic resistant bacteria,” said Süel, a member of the Department of Molecular Biology ...

The discovery could pave the way to starving antibioitc-resistant bacteria without new drugs or harmful chemicals.

Researchers found hundreds of viruses that prey on bacteria on toothbrushes and showerheads. They’re unlikely to pose a ...

While they have changed the perfection of cooking and spending less time in the kitchen, they have also become the root-cause for severe bacteria-borne illnesses. Wondering how? Scroll down to read ...

Mercury is extraordinarily toxic, but it becomes especially dangerous when transformed into methylmercury ... concerning how methylmercury is produced. Scientists knew that most of the mercury we ...

Researchers found evidence that listeria, E. coli, norovirus, and adenovirus — pathogens that likely hitched a ride on plastic fragments — can still be detected in treated water. In unrelated news, ...

One person has died and four people have developed a potentially life-threatening kidney disease complication as part of the outbreak.

The most dangerous insect can kill by spreading deadly diseases ... Fleas transmit bubonic plague by biting infected rodents ...

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