A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same patient, raising the risk of life-threatening sepsis, new research reveals.

Laryngitis is a common condition that many people may experience at some point in their lives, but it is often misunderstood.

In July 2022, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH) received two reports of laboratory-confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease in patients who were exposed to the same Philadelphia hospital ...

A lung disease called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can have close connections to bacteria in the human gastrointestinal tract, according to new research published in the journal Gut.

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A new study reveals that the notorious bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa must balance between effectively colonizing human airways and developing antibiotic tolerance to survive. Imagine ...

Recovery from deadly influenza infection may hinge on helping the lungs heal in addition to stopping the virus, according to ...

Bacteria-containing dust found at day care centers could put children at a higher risk of asthma, a new study from the European Respiratory Society suggests. In the study, the researchers collected ...

University of Manchester biologists have for the first time started to unpick the long-term biological changes associated ...