More than two dozen passengers left the cruise ship before the outbreak was identified. The race is on to connect with them ...

Chantle Edillor used a fascination with sourdough starters to pivot from studying human diseases to exploring yeast-based ...

Since a landmark 2009 study, researchers have known that a common gut bacterium, Bacteroides fragilis, drives colon tumor ...

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its DNA with extraordinary precision. But this process is constantly challenged by ...

The world didn't only just go through the COVID-19 pandemic, the seventh cholera pandemic is ongoing, and has been for some ...

A bacterium that thrives in warm coastal waters propels itself with a whip-like tail wrapped in a protective sleeve, and for ...

Playwright Colin Murphy introduces his new play, Miasma, a 19th century medical detective story with lessons for our own time, touring to 'august institutions and unusual venues' this April and May.

Rebecca Brewer is a biology teacher at Troy High School in Michigan. Brewer created the lesson plan “Gut Check: Cholera, Vaccines, and the Biology of Global Health” as part of the fall 2025 Pulitzer ...

EPFL researchers show that cholera bacteria can exchange protective genes, including antiviral immune systems, when they live in aquatic environments. The finding helps explain how these pathogens ...

Like most bacteria, Vibrio cholerae lives under constant attack from viruses. To survive, bacteria equip themselves with antiviral immune systems. Previous work showed that V. cholerae carries a large ...

A surprising new study reveals that what you eat could play a powerful role in fighting cholera, a deadly diarrheal disease. Researchers found that diets rich in certain proteins—especially casein ...

Cholera shook growing cities in the 1800s, turning progress into panic. This video looks at how fear reshaped urban life and public health. History here reminds us how communities respond to outbreaks ...