Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating bacteria," can have horrifying and even fatal effects on humans. Symptoms, how to avoid it.

A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...

Among febrile infants aged 90 days or younger with positive urinalysis results, the prevalence of bacteraemia is high, but the risk for concomitant bacterial meningitis is low, a study finds.

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...