Regular exercise supports immune health by improving the circulation of your immune cells and reducing inflammation, but overtraining may weaken defenses.

Gut microbiome researcher Purna C. Kashyap, MBBS, shares the latest insights on the role of probiotics, disorders of the ...

The John Hopkins Medicine states that salmonella infection typically runs from 4 to 7 days and people do not typically ...

Although she's not an entomologist, Maggie Stanislawski, Ph.D., spends hours a day studying bugs. The assistant professor of biomedical informatics specializes in the gut microbiome, an environment ...

Cholera remains a major global public health challenge, with an estimated 1.3 to 4 million cases and tens of thousands of ...

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different ...

The University of Miami’s UHealth system says research shows that people’s immunity is affected by colder temperatures: “The germ-fighting cells in our noses — often our first line of response to the ...

You’re exposed to chemicals all day, whether it’s from skincare products, eating certain foods, or just getting dressed. But ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

Hugh Pym revamped his diet after a test suggested his gut health appeared to look five years older than he was ...

These bacteria don’t eat food or breathe air like we do. All they need is to complete a circuit; that’s enough for them to ...