Jaipur: With a quarter of samples failing quality standards in 2024, health department has started implementing tougher food safety measures.

From February 2022 to February 2023, they collected (using cotton swabs) and genetically sequenced bacterial samples from six ...

Hyderabad: An ultra-modern microbiology lab, the first of its kind in the state, will soon enable testing of purity levels ...

We hope to be cured when we stay in hospital. But too often, we acquire new infections there. Such 'healthcare-associated infections' (HAI) are a growing problem worldwide, taking up an estimated 6% ...

We hope to be cured when we stay in hospital. But too often, we acquire new infections there. Such "health-care-associated ...

A study found that hospital sink drains harbor dangerous bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant strains. Despite thorough ...

During an inspection, E. coli was found at 1,000 times the legal limit in Crosby, Texas, roughly 30 minutes northeast of Houston. Although the contaminated water isn't getting into the region's ...

As a lab technician, I'm doing these four things — including turning bath time into a fun experiment — to get my young ...

Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...

DDRC Agilus Diagnostics has launched South Kerala’s first 24x7 regional wellness center and reference laboratory in ...

Scientists have discovered a remarkable new form of symbiosis — a bacterium that lives inside a single-celled organism (a ...