Japan’s exotic animal cafes – where visitors can pet owls, hold otters and sip coffee surrounded by sloths – are under fresh scrutiny after a study found troubling lapses in hygiene and infection ...

The way antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armour of bacteria has been revealed in stunning detail by high-resolution microscopy, which could help us develop new treatments for drug-resistant ...

The Guam Waterworks Authority said residents of Mangilao and Yigo that get water from well Y-03 should boil their water after E. coli was found in a test sample. On Thursday, GWA collected a sample ...

A major German E. coli outbreak also includes a woman from the United States who had been to the country. A total of 255 cases are linked to the outbreak. One person over 90 years old with HUS died ...

A boil water notice has been issued for Rototuna after E coli bacteria was found in its water supply. Alden Williams / Stuff Hamilton City Council has issued a boil water notice for Rototuna after E ...

The US government has provided almost $24 million in funding to Locus Biosciences to support a mid-stage trial of LBP-EC01, a CRISPR-engineered bacteriophage therapy in development for resistant ...

Johnson & Johnson and Sanofi's vaccine for preventing invasive disease caused by the problem pathogen Escherichia coli looks all but defunct after the two partners halted a phase 3 trial. In a ...

As cases of urinary tract infections grow, infections are also getting harder to treat with commonly used antibiotics. Contaminated meat, especially poultry, can spread E. coli bacteria that cause ...

Campylobacter cases continued to rise in Ireland, but Listeria and Salmonella rates were stable, according to recently released data. Figures come from a report published by the Health Protection ...

Some Hamilton schools will be closed for the next two days, due to a boil-water notice in the suburb of Rototuna. The boil-water notice was issued on Saturday, after E. coli was detected in the ...

Cipro, or ciprofloxacin, is an antibiotic that doctors use to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs). However, ciprofloxacin may not be suitable for UTIs during pregnancy or for people with certain ...