European public health officials are monitoring an outbreak linked to international travel on long-haul flights. A cluster of ...

Shigellosis, a form of bacterial dysentery caused by Shigella bacteria, is the second leading cause of fatal diarrhoeal disease worldwide, but at the moment there is no approved shot for the ...

Leftover pizza has taken on a mythical status that it is somehow above making you sick even if it’s left out on the table ...

WITH Valentine’s Day just round the corner, you might be looking for ways to spice it up in the bedroom. If these efforts ...

You have died of dysentery. These are five words familiar to anyone who has attempted to caulk a wagon and ford rivers en route to the Willamette Valley. Oregon Trail not only taught generations of ...

Structures of Shigella bacteriophage Sf14 show similarity with several features from diverse bacteriophages that, when combined, produce a T = 9 icosahedral capsid coated in decoration ...

From February 2022 to February 2023, they collected (using cotton swabs) and genetically sequenced bacterial samples from six ...

A recent study in an animal model provides direct evidence for the role of the vagus nerve in gut microbiome-brain communication, addressing a critical gap in the field. In a new study published ...

Common Sense Soap, a North Walpole, NH, establishment, is recalling 33,899 pounds of beef tallow that was processed, packaged, and labeled on behalf of Lady May Tallow without the benefit of ...

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Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is keeping an eye on five reportable diseases that showed a marked increase ...