Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes breaking news reporter covering pop culture. Almost a dozen people have died this year in the Southeast after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising twist in how bacteria share genes—including those that spread antibiotic resistance.

Recent studies suggest that animals and people alike have close and complex relationships with the bacteria around and within ...

Researchers at Durham have helped unlock a new understanding of how bacteria import antimicrobial peptides—the molecules that can kill or inhibit microbes. The research sheds new light on SbmA, a key ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” are on the rise in the U.S.—meaning that it is important to be ...

A new study from the CDC found that infection rates for a drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” are on the rise, increasing nearly 70% between 2019 and 2023. The increase was primarily driven by the NDM ...

Florida health officials reported that four people died and over a half dozen others were made sick this year by a rare "flesh-eating" bacteria. Vibrio vulnificus, which is found in saltwater, ...

Spending time with close companions might do more than strengthen bonds—it could also reshape your gut bacteria. In a study ...

Nightmare bacteria are very much the stuff of waking life. These microbes pose a “triple threat” to humanity because they are “resistant to all or nearly all antibiotics,” they have “high mortality ...

Here's what to know about the treatment-resistant strain of Shigella that the CDC is warning the public about.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are showing up in wildlife, with birds and foxes acting as unexpected carriers across ...