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People were left horrified after a woman took cultures from a blusher and a lipstick that were in a department store and tested them - the results had some vowing to only ever swatch on their hands

Essential and effective antibiotics have been overused - leading to some bacteria and fungi developing resistance

Legionella bacteria has been found in the hot water system of a building at University Hospital Monklands in Airdrie. The bacteria can lead to the potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease

Health chiefs are insisting the bacteria does not pose a threat to patient safety or to the quality of drinking water, which comes from a different source.

Health chiefs have confirmed that legionella bacteria has been found in the hot water system at University Hospital Monklands.

Some products contain potentially harmful bacteria

If long treatment, higher drug toxicity, and costly drug treatment make the MDR and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB challenging to treat, a group of scientists, in a new study, established that mutations in DNA repair genes could be used for the early diagnosis of TB 

Making sure your bed and pillows are clean is hugely important as we spend almost half of our lives asleep. And there is an easy way to keep hygiene levels high.

Microorganisms – in particular bacteria – are skillful chemists that can produce an impressive diversity of chemical compounds known as natural products. These metabolites provide the microbes major evolutionary advantages, such as allowing them to interact with one another or their environment and helping defend against different threats. Because of…

For the healthiest canines

One of the scariest things you can be told when at a doctor’s office is “You have an antimicrobial-resistant infection.” That means the bacteria or fungus making you sick can’t be easily killed with common antibiotics or antifungals, making treatment more challenging. You might have to take a combination of…