Young people are more likely to die of heart attacks post-COVID, study finds. But why?
[Today, February 9, 2023]
Viruses and cardiovascular disease: from bad to worse
[Nature, July 13, 2022]
A New Approach to Spotting Tumors: Look for Their Microbes
[The New York Times, September 2022]
Why Stinky Sweat Is Good For You
[NPR's All Things Considered, August 25, 2022]
Is Roundup Giving you a Pain in the Gut?
[Hardy Diagnostics Blog, April 2022]
The Puzzling Virus That Infects Everyone
[The Atlantic, March 2022]
Unlocking the ‘gut microbiome’ – and its massive significance to our health
[The Guardian, July 2021]
Gardeners Take Heed: It's a 'Tick-y Year'
[The New York Times, June 2021]
A Changing Gut Microbiome May Predict How Well You Age
[The New York Times, March 2021]
What happens in the mouth … doesn't stay in the mouth.
[Ohio State News, February 2021]
Gut Bacteria's Role in Anxiety and Depression: It's Not Just In Your Head
[Discover Magazine, October 2020]
Does Your Gut Hold the Secret to Performance?
[Outside, January 2018]
How superspreading is fueling the pandemic — and how we can stop it.
[Vox, June 2020]
Flushing the Toilet May Fling Coronavirus Aerosols All Over
[The New York Times, June 2020]
Coronavirus destroys lungs. But doctors are finding its damage in kidneys, hearts and elsewhere.
[The Washington Post, 4/15/20]
How To Boost Your Immune System
[The Guardian, 3/8/20]
Unusual flu virus is hitting children hard, vaccine is a poor match
[The Washington Post, 1/10/20]
Flu Season Is Off To An Earlier-Than-Normal Start [TIME, 12/9/19]
Flu Tracking Maps: United States | Canada | Europe
Measles Wipes Out Immune System's Memory, Study Finds
[The Guardian, October 2019]
The Fundamental Link Between Body Weight and the Immune System
[The Atlantic, August 2019]
More Than Half Your Body Is Not Human
[BBC News, April 2018]
Europe Set to Suffer as Climate Change Brings Mosquito Threat
[Aljazeera, April 2019]
Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They're Saying
[The New York Times, January 2019]
Researchers Find a Web of Factors Behind Multiple Sclerosis
[NPR, January 2019]
Flu Season Is Here, But How Effective Is The 2018 Flu Shot?
[Fortune, September 2018]
Diet Hit A Snag? Your Gut Bacteria May Be Partly To Blame
[NPR, August 2018]
Treating Disease by Nudging the Microbes Inside Us
[The Atlantic, January 2018]
Viruses: What are they and what do they do?
[Medical News Today, May 2017]
What are Bacteria and what do they do?
[Medical News Today, October 2017]
What is Sepsis
[Prevention, June 2018]
Tick and Mosquito Infections Spreading Rapidly
[The New York Times, May 2018]
Beyond Lyme: New Tick-Borne Diseases On The Rise In U.S.
[NPR, March 2017]
Most tick-borne diseases are from bacteria.
More Than Half Your Body Is Not Human
[BBC News, April 2018]
The human microbiome: Why our microbes could be key to our health
[The Guardian, March 2018]
Your Gut's Gone Viral, And That Might Be Good For Your Health
[NPR, August 2016]
Bacteria Use Brainlike Bursts of Electricity to Communicate
[Scientific American, September 2017]
When Yogurt Affects the Brain:
Gut bacteria play a role in mood and emotion.
[The Atlantic, September 2014]
Can the Bacteria in Your Gut Explain Your Mood?
[The New York Times Magazine, June 2015]
Mouthwash may kill beneficial bacteria in mouth and trigger diabetes
[The Telegraph, November 2017]
In the Flu Battle, Hydration and Elevation May Be Your Best Weapons
[The New York Times, January 2018]
Plus, two informative links to help you navigate the season:
• CDC's Weekly US Map: Influenza Update
• WHO's International Influenza Update
'Australian flu': spread prompts handshake ban in Northern Ireland churches
[The Guardian, January 2018]
Immune boosting virus could be used to treat brain tumors
[Reuters, January 2018]
This year's flu season looks like a bad one — and it could be coming early
[Popular Science, December 2017]
The Ground Beneath Our Feet
[The1A.org, December 2017]
December 5th is "World Soil Day."
Flu season is here, and experts are already concerned
[CNN, November 2017]
Ancient Viruses Are Buried in Your DNA
[The New York Times, October 2017]
From Blue Cheese To Dirt, How Beautiful Bacteria Can Be
[WBUR.org, October 2017]
Find Out What New Viruses Are Emerging In Your Backyard
[NPR, February 2017]
A preemptive note: We aren't trying to scare you! This article is simply
an excellent example of the way things are changing globally.
Why You Should Eat Your Halloween Candy All at Once
[TIME, October 2017]
Gut Bacteria Can Fluctuate With the Seasons
[The New York Times, August 2017]
Washing Hands for Full 20 Seconds Will Kill Germs and Cut Need for Antibiotics
[The Guardian, September 2017]
Gum Infections Linked to Several Cancers in Women
[Reuters, August 2017]
Gut Bacteria's Belch May Play A Role In Heart Disease
[NPR, August 2013]