There’s nothing more refreshing than cooling off in the pool on a hot summer day. But as temperatures rise, pools and water parks tend to become more and more crowded with people. Though chemicals in ...

There are a few ways to prevent getting an infection at a public pool, according to doctors. primeimages via Getty Images There’s nothing more refreshing than cooling off in the pool on a hot summer ...

“Sanitizing” is different from cleaning. That’s one of the many things people get wrong about removing germs that Purdue experts want consumers to understand. “A sanitizer reduces the number of ...

Stomach bacteria could play an important role in how much we eat, bringing new meaning to the phrase “gut decision.” A new study discovered bacteria from the proteobacteria family is plentiful in both ...

Effective ways to combat harmful viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasitic worms have driven major advances in medicine and contributed to a significant increase in human life expectancy over the past ...

Bacteria can live in a lot of unusual places, even in tumors that are growing in the human body. Scientists have now taken advantage of these tumor-dwelling bacteria to turn them into cancer fighters ...

A new protein can defeat the deadly flesh-eating bacteria, as claimed by a recent study conducted by the Australian National University. A bubonic plague smear, prepared from a lymph removed from an ...