The world's weirdest bacteria might just be this one. Image an organism causing sex changes to whoever it infects. Truth is ...

Some notoriously difficult-to-treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to new ...

Illinois researchers combined microbiology with microfluidic device technology to find that when antibiotics are delivered by flowing fluids, as would be the case in the body, they are more effective ...

Illinois biochemistry professor Joe Sanfilippo and graduate student Alexander Shuppara, right, found that various antibiotic agents to which Pseudomonas bacteria are resistant actually were able to ...

There was a 15% increase in HIV and syphilis cases across the country last year, according to the latest figures ...

For decades, bacterial vaginosis has been treated as a women’s health issue—but new research suggests treating male partners ...

Congenital syphilis is transmitted to fetuses by parents with the infection. In a Feb. 25 letter to Oregon providers, Dr. Pete Singson of the Oregon Health Authority wrote that just two babies were ...

AHF is using an imposing image of a bottle of penicillin and a syringe and needle paired with the words “Syphilis is Curable” and the URL freeSTDcheck.org to draw attention to the importance of ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the earliest warning signs of the primary stage of syphilis appear as sores at the location where the infection entered the body, usually in, on or around ...

Donald Trump (File photo), Democratic strategist James Carville (Image grab from Politiconvideo ... The Mayo Clinic describes syphilis as a bacterial infection that can lead to severe ...

Coming in contact with cat faeces while cleaning a litter box can put you at risk of contracting this infection. Other infections: Syphilis is sexually transmitted, and varicella spreads via ...