There are many household items that appear harmless but can be breeding grounds for bacteria, dirtier than what you think.

Flesh-eating bacteria has been all over the news lately. We've reported on three different people who've been hospitalized over the last few weeks after going into waters along the Texas coast and ...

Your kitchen sponge is disgusting. Chuck Gerba, professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona, told the BBC in 2012 that a kitchen sponge is 200,000 times dirtier than a toilet seat. Now, ...

Last year as many as four million Americans consumed about $3 billion worth of probiotic supplements — living bacteria — in ...

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Raise your hand if you've seen one of the many scary headlines about flesh-eating bacteria, and briefly considered never leaving your house again. With a straight-out-of-a-horror-film name, we ...

Fever can occur in bacterial and viral infections. Think flu! But according to Dr. Peter Bornstein of HealthEast, a fever higher than 101.5 degrees is a pretty good indicator of bacterial illnesses.

Bacteria are everywhere: In your kitchen, in your stomach and, yes, at your favorite Delaware beaches. Not all bacteria are as scary as the inaccurately dubbed “flesh-eating bacteria” Vibrio ...

There's just no way to feel great about the fact that flesh-eating bacteria can be found in the waters off Delaware, and in seafood those waters produce. From skin irritation and blisters to gaping ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Cases of so-called flesh-eating disease have been making headlines all over the country in recent years. But how much do you really know about the mysterious condition? 1. According to ...