Health
E. coli detected: Portlanders told to boil water
Portland officials issued a citywide boil notice after state health officials detected E. coli in the water supply.
May 23, 2014
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Immunology
Improving newborns' bacterial environment could fend off infections, animal study suggests
Mothers give a newborn baby a gift of germs—germs that help to kick-start the infant's immune system. But antibiotics, used to fend off infection, may paradoxically interrupt a newborn's own immune responses, leaving already-vulnerable ...
Apr 20, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Kitchens are a source of multi-drug resistant bacteria
After handling raw poultry, hands of food preparers and cutting boards remain a source of transmission for multi-drug resistant bacteria, such as E. coli that produce extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs). The study of ...
Apr 8, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fighting back against TB
Tuberculosis is back. In 2011, almost 9 million people contracted it, and 1.4 million of them died, making TB the second deadliest infectious disease after HIV/AIDS, according to the World Health Organization.
Mar 26, 2014
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Medical research
Engineered bacteria sense, remember, and report on their experience in the gut
It's a jungle in there. In the tightly woven ecosystem of the human gut, trillions of bacteria compete with each other on a daily basis while they sense and react to signals from the immune system, ingested food, and other ...
Mar 17, 2014
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Health
Research suggests the five-second rule is real
Food picked up just a few seconds after being dropped is less likely to contain bacteria than if it is left for longer periods of time, according to the findings of research carried out at Aston University's School of Life ...
Mar 11, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hospital food safety measures reduce risk of contaminated hospital food
A new study found more than 80 percent of raw chicken used in hospitals in food for patients and staff was contaminated with a form of antibiotic resistant bacteria called extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing ...
Mar 7, 2014
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Genetics
Fighting for survival in the gut: Unravelling the hidden variation of bacteria
Our intestines harbour an astronomical number of bacteria, around 100 times the number of cells in our body, known as the gut microbiota. These bacteria belong to thousands of species that co-exist, interact with each other ...
Mar 6, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bacterial fibers critical to human, avian infection
(Medical Xpress)—Escherichia coli – a friendly and ubiquitous bacterial resident in the guts of humans and other animals – may occasionally colonize regions outside the intestines. There, it can have serious consequences ...
Feb 5, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Epidemic of Escherichia coli infections traced to one strain of bacteria
In the past decade, a single strain of Escherichia coli, or E. coli, has become the main cause of bacterial infections in women and the elderly by invading the bladder and kidneys, according to a study published today in ...
Dec 17, 2013
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