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Grist reports that Vibrio bacteria, linked to severe infections, are spreading along the Atlantic Coast due to rising water ...

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Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a new antibiotic that kills some of the world's most dangerous and ...

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MIT researchers are exploring whether specially bred mice could help reduce Lyme disease on Nantucket by preventing ticks ...

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Kerala has reported its first Shigella-related fatality after a four-year-old girl from Kozhikode died of complications.