The European Commission has named the labs that will lead work on bacteria, parasites, and viruses. The European Reference Laboratories (EURLs) are for food- and water-borne bacteria, food- and ...

Viruses that infect and kill bacteria, called phages, hold promise as new treatment types for dangerous infections, including strains that have become resistant to antibiotics. Yet, virologists ...

Pneumonia is an infection of one or both lungs caused by bacteria, a virus, or a fungus. It causes inflammation and fluid build-up in the air sacs, or alveoli, of the lungs. Bacterial and viral ...

You can ingest them in your food, inhale them when you breathe, or pick them up through a cut or skin injury. Like bacteria, viruses can cause disease. But unlike bacteria, viral pathogens are not ...

According to the World Health Organization, antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial medicines. Antibiotics and other ...

Knowing how germs are transmitted is key to preventing disease, and it varies for different bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens. In some cases, you have to come into direct contact with an infected ...

An inspection this year of a Tom’s of Maine’s facility in Sanford, Maine, turned up several violations, including bacteria in water used to make toothpaste, bacterial growth in another type of ...

An FDA letter outlined issues with mold and bacteria at the Tom's of Maine plant where toothpaste products are manufactured. An inspection this year of a Tom’s of Maine’s facility in Sanford ...

Bacteria are organisms that consist of a single ... A new article reports the role of quaternary structure in fine-tuning the activity of FaRel2, a family of tRNA-targeting toxSAS-type toxins ...

The plaintiffs claimed that the defendants' toothpastes are made with bacteria-contaminated water, citing a Nov. 2024 inspection report by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. They are asking ...