Every meal you eat feeds more than just you. The trillions of microbes in your gut thrive—or suffer—depending on what’s on ...

Antibiotics can do a number on your G.I. system. An infectious disease MD and a Cleveland Clinic gut health doctor share how ...

At a time of year when many are spring cleaning homes, here’s advice from experts: Protect your house’s microbiome for your health. The world around us, including our homes, is full of microorganisms ...

Researchers have learned more about how beneficial bacteria in the gut microbiome can help protect against infection. The study also suggested that the right diet can improve the health of the ...

Balance must be maintained among the trillions of microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tract. The gut microbiome has to host enough beneficial microbes to help control the levels of potentially ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Today, Onyeaka is an industrial microbiologist and a deputy director of the ...

Antibiotics kill disease-causing bacteria as well as the beneficial ones living in our gut, disturbing the health-maintaining microbiome. A new antibiotic specifically targets hard-to-kill bacteria ...

Scientists in Seoul have uncovered 15 gut bacterial species linked to coronary artery disease, showing that microbes can influence heart health far beyond digestion. Their findings reveal how shifts ...

An electron microscope image showing clumps of Streptococcus mutans, strains of which are the dominant cavity-causing bacteria in humans. The bacteria form clumps after producing and secreting a ...