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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 19.8 million people around the world died from heart disease in 2022, with about 85% of these deaths attributed to stroke and heart attack.

Researchers have captured a bacterial enzyme in the act of encircling collagen and pulling a single strand through its ...

Researchers have revealed how a common bacterium, Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis), releases lactic acid to acidify its surroundings and suppress the immune-cell signal needed to start a proper ...

Researchers have uncovered how a disease-causing bacterium uses a single protein to interfere with the body's defenses in ...

Bacteria can play established roles both as pathogens during infection but also as part of the host microbiota. The immune response to bacterial infection is a critical defence strategy protecting the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Monday, April 15, WGN’s Dina Bair has the latest on new medical information including: Georgetown University Medical Center ...

Ingesting infected raw shellfish is one way to become infected with the "flesh-eating" bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus. The infection can also enter through an open wound in warm, salty water. Vibrio ...

Releasing sterile wolbachia-infected male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes into the wild may reduce vector populations and dengue infection risk. The percentage of residents who tested positive for dengue ...

UT Southwestern researchers have uncovered new clues about how gut bacteria and the body's circadian clock work together to promote body fat accumulation. In a mouse study that may someday lead to new ...

When Candace Smith first discovered a painful lump in her breast at age 37, she never imagined it would lead to rare diagnosis. Now 52, the North Carolina woman told Newsweek about her experience with ...