Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced today that the province of Quebec has added CAPVAXIVE®, a 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, to their publicly ...

The bacterial infection typhoid fever may clear, but its impact often doesn't. From gut-damage and liver stress to persistent ...

A variety of vaccines in the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule help to protect kids against meningitis.

An impartial and rigorous evaluation of the quality, efficacy and long-term safety of the specific vaccine being administered is essential. Failure to provide clear, public data risks generating fear ...

A study in China finds that the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in cigarette butts is 1.24-fold higher than in plant litter and 1.48-fold higher than in soil.

“Both types of vaccines trigger the body’s immune response to produce antibodies that bind to bacteria and neutralize them, preventing infection,” says Dr. Asefeh Faraz Covelli , an associate ...

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the deadly drug-resistant bacteria NDM-CRE found a 70% rise in infections in the U.S. between 2019 and 2023. Also known as ...

Researchers at Umeå University have discovered that the microscopic "bubbles" released by bacteria in our body do not just drift around randomly. Instead, they use the thin protrusions of cells as a ...

A new study from the CDC found that infection rates for a drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” are on the rise, increasing nearly 70% between 2019 and 2023. The increase was primarily driven by the NDM ...

Share on Pinterest Bacterial infections may sometimes trigger heart attacks, a new study says. Image credit: Viaframe/Getty Images In 2022, about 19.8 million people globally died from heart disease, ...