A recent study assess whether our most essential communication tools (smartphones) are silent vectors for infection, ...

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Drug-resistant infections such as MRSA are widespread among children in Oceania, with major gaps in access and approved ...

The study explores how smoke from traditional herbs may reduce airborne bacteria, supporting ancient practices with modern ...

Tattoos are generally considered safe, but growing scientific evidence suggests tattoo inks are not biologically inert. The ...

Australian research could be key to combating the rising threat of antibiotic resistance and saving millions of lives.

A University of Missouri researcher has unveiled a safer, smarter way to fight drug-resistant infections. Dr. Hongmin Sun, an ...

Hongmin Sun, an associate professor in the School of Medicine, demonstrated that a spray-mist device can deliver last-resort ...

Micro-organisms constitute a very antique group of living organisms which appeared on the Earth's surface almost 3000 million years ago.

Life-saving antibiotics that could treat severe infections in babies and children aren't accessible due to a lack of data ...

A centuries-old practice of dropping frogs into milk turns out to have scientific truth, amphibian antimicrobial compounds ...

The field of food safety and microbiology has increasingly focused on the persistent threat posed by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) contamination in a ...