Research suggests that certain bacteria in the gut have a direct effect on how you think and feel, and the gut microbiome is ...

What does cancer have to do with poop? In the past few years, researchers around the world, including us, have realized that the gut bacteria – what we call the gut microbiome – of cancer patients may ...

The Erie County Health Department issued a bacteria contamination advisory for the Cedar Point Chausee Tuesday, an area around the amusement park by the same name and a much swum-in body of water. The ...

There's a lot of things NASA has to study before it's planned, manned mission to Mars in the 2030s. Astronaut Scott Kelly's famous year spent in space provided a jumping off point for a lot of ...

The goal of brushing one’s teeth is to have fresh breath and prevent cavities. But the effect of toothpaste on the complex ecosystem of bacteria in our mouths — the oral microbiome — is often ...

Jace Tunnell holds up his hand with a Band-Aid, showing that he would not go in the water with an open wound to avoid an infection from Vibrio vulnificus, aka the “flesh-eating bacteria.” The ...

Water samples are tested for E. coli, and beaches are deemed safe if levels are below 300 E. coli per 100 milliliters. The state follows Clean Water Act protocols if unsafe levels are found, ...