Deaths from “flesh-eating” bacteria are on the rise across the southeastern coasts of the U.S. At least five people in Florida, four in Louisiana and one in the Outer Banks have died this year from ...
Florida has seen 16 cases this year, according to the state’s health department. Seventeen cases have been reported in Louisiana — more than previous years’ annual averages. North Carolina has seen ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio— Swimmers planning to visit Edgewater and Villa Angela beaches this weekend in Cleveland are being urged to stay alert, even as water quality predictions show “good” conditions. The ...
The swimming advisory at Deauville Beach in Cape Henlopen State Park has been lifted. Recreational water advisories are issued by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control when ...
The number of jellyfish at the Delaware beaches may still be high, but the level of certain bacteria in the water is back to below the health standard. The Department of Natural Resources and ...
Antibiotics are supposed to wipe out bacteria, yet the drugs can sometimes hand microbes an unexpected advantage. A new study from Rutgers Health shows that ciprofloxacin, a staple treatment for ...
1 Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, USA. 2 ExOxEmis, Inc., Little Rock, USA. In 1892 Döderlein suggested that fermentative lactic acid producing vaginal ...