TWO distinct meanings have been applied to the use of the term ‘dormancy’ as applied to the bacterial endospore. First, the expression ‘the dormant bacterial endospore’ usually describes the apparent ...

From your phone to your sponge, your toothbrush to your trolley handle, invisible armies of bacteria are lurking on the everyday objects you touch the most. Most of these microbes are harmless—some ...

Federal health officials on Wednesday expanded an outbreak of infant botulism tied to recalled ByHeart baby formula to include all illnesses reported since the company began production in March 2022.