A study on wild northern cardinals shows that stress can change gut microbes and affect bird health in measurable ways.

A high-fat diet can cause the intestinal lining to weaken, allowing live gut bacteria to travel directly to the brain in mice ...

A person's risk of pancreatic cancer might be tied to the microbes living in their mouths, a new study says. People have a more than tripled risk of pancreatic cancer if their mouths contain 27 types ...

Bad breath is not always about poor hygiene. Dr Debojyoti Dhar explains how an imbalance in the oral microbiome often drives halitosis, and why brushing alone may not be enough to address the root ...

Scientists have created a genomic blueprint for Aeromonas bacteria, which can cause antibiotic-resistant diarrheal disease—with symptoms often misidentified as cholera—in humans and animals.