For over a decade, sea stars along the coast of the Pacific Northwest have been hit by a mysterious wasting disease that ...

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

North Carolina saw more than 100 cases of a sometimes flesh-eating bacteria in 2025. Vibrio, a bacteria found in salt and ...

Historically, open defecation has not been associated with shame, poverty, or poor hygiene. It was a socially established ...

A bacterium that thrives in warm coastal waters propels itself with a whip-like tail wrapped in a protective sleeve, and for decades, no one could see exactly how that sleeve was built. In a study ...

Cholera, caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, remains a major global health threat. Like most bacteria, Vibrio cholerae lives under constant attack from viruses. To survive, bacteria equip ...

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

An elderly man has died in Warwickshire after initially being treated as a suspected cholera case, prompting public health concern and widespread media attention. The father of two, in his 80s, was ...

A pensioner has died from a cholera-like disease a century after the epidemic was wiped out in the UK. The dad-of-two, who was in his 80s, deteriorated after he fell ill at home with sickness and ...

A pensioner has died tragically from an illness resembling cholera, more than 125 years since the epidemic was last seen in the UK. The man, aged in his 80s and a father of two, became unwell at home ...

New research reveals that what we eat, down to the type of dietary protein, can tip the balance between Vibrio cholerae and the gut microbiota, reshaping bacterial competition and disease potential ...