Emergency Medicine Physician Dr. Dylan Wyatt says “germs” may get a worse reputation than they deserve. “When we talk about germs, we are thinking mostly bacteria and viruses. Especially bacteria, ...

A half century of living under the tutelage of Pasteur and his successors has taught us that most disease is caused by ” deadly ” bacteria* and has inspired a healthy fear of the teeming microbe world ...

Balance must be maintained among the trillions of microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tract. The gut microbiome has to host enough beneficial microbes to help control the levels of potentially ...

At a time of year when many are spring cleaning homes, here’s advice from experts: Protect your house’s microbiome for your health. The world around us, including our homes, is full of microorganisms ...

Dear Doctor K: Are all germs dangerous to our health? Dear Reader: Not all microorganisms (also called germs or microbes) are bad for our health far from it. Our knowledge of the impact of germs on ...

Scientists are uncovering a surprising way to influence bacteria—not by killing them, but by changing how they communicate.