NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scientists have discovered that a bacterium trapped in an ice cave for 5,000 years is resistant to several modern antibiotics. The bacterium was found in Scarisoara Ice Cave in Romania, where researchers drilled a 25-meter ice core representing about 13,000 years of frozen history. The research was…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A bacterium prevalent in sinus infections and pneumonia may aggravate Alzheimer’s disease, according to a recent study published in Nature Communications. The bacterium, Chlamydia pneumoniae, was found in the eyes of deceased patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers from Cedars-Sinai’s Health Sciences University in California. “The retina…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) has been linked to a San Francisco high school. The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) issued a health advisory on Jan. 29 about the outbreak, which has been tied to Archbishop Riordan High School. TB is a curable bacterial infection…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chicago health officials are warning residents to be alert for symptoms of meningococcal disease after several recent infections were reported in adults across the city. Seven cases of Neisseria meningitidis infections have been identified since mid-January, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. Two people have…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Potomac is facing more than rough waters after a sewage spill near Lockhouse 10 sent E. coli levels soaring far beyond safe limits in Washington, D.C., with new testing revealing contamination thousands of times higher than what’s considered safe for human contact. Lockhouse 10 is a…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Health officials are warning of a dangerous bacterial infection that has been detected at a homeless encampment in Berkeley, California. Leptospirosis, which is caused by Leptospira bacteria, is a zoonotic infection that can be passed from animals to people. The disease has been confirmed in multiple rats…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Research conducted partly aboard the International Space Station (ISS) suggests that “microgravity” could help scientists fight drug-resistant superbugs, according to a report from SWNS. Microgravity is the condition in which people or objects appear to be weightless, NASA states. Experiments by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison…