bacteria

The doyenne of TV chefs imparted much wisdom to American cooks, but one piece of Child's advice you should ignore is to wash your raw poultry before cooking. It spreads germs. Everywhere.

Naegleria fowleri, a fresh water amoeba that attacks the brain, usually kills its victims before they can get treatment. But as the Orlando Sentinel…

An 84-year-old woman is fighting for her life in Naples after a swim in the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa caused her to contract an infection through a cut on…

UF Health Shands Hospital has closed its burn unit and is checking for contamination throughout the hospital after eight burn patients became infected…

Turkey producers contend that they use antibiotics judiciously to help keep their flocks healthy.