When you’re trying to enjoy your garden, nothing’s more annoying than disease-carrying mosquitoes. Here’s how to keep ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. insists an environmental toxin is responsible for increased autism prevalence in the U.S. "This is a preventable disease," he said April ...

Bowel cancer in young people is on the rise – and scientists now believe a common toxin could be fuelling this alarming trend. Every year, more than 2,600 younger people are diagnosed with bowel ...

Of the four whales that have washed up on Orange and Los Angeles county beaches this year, two had high levels of domoic acid poisoning confirmed in their systems, leading marine mammal experts to ...

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A study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology has identified Bacillus velezensis, a bacterial agent commonly used in agriculture, as the cause of a foodborne outbreak because of rope ...

Some early-onset colorectal cancers may be caused by exposure to a bacterial toxin within the first 10 years of life, according to a study published April 23 in Nature. An international research ...

Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology and Control of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China ...

A toxin produced by certain strains of bacteria — in particular E. coli — may be to blame, according to a study out of the University of California, San Diego. MORE: The ice bucket challenge ...

An international research effort led by UC San Diego bioengineers has uncovered that DNA mutations arising during early childhood from a bacterial toxin called colibactin are a potential cause. Image ...