Early experiments suggest a patch that delivers harmless electric currents into the skin can thwart certain bacterial ...

Zapping the skin with electricity could stop bacteria that live there harmlessly from entering the body and causing blood ...

Using a few zaps of electricity to the skin, researchers can stop bacterial infections without using any drugs. For the first ...

Using a few zaps of electricity to the skin, researchers can stop bacterial infections without using any drugs. For the first time, researchers designed a skin patch that uses imperceptible electric ...

Certain types of fungal infections can be contagious including athletersquo;s foot and ringworm Read to learn about ways they ...

Thirteen people dead from infections caused by rare flesh-eating bacteria. These are the figures released by health ...

Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. Mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Having certain underlying health ...

Scalp folliculitis is a skin condition that occurs when the hair follicles on the scalp become inflamed. This results in ...

Researchers at the University of Chicago and UC San Diego have developed a bioelectronic device that combats bacterial infections without antibiotics. This wearable patch uses electrical stimulation ...

If hurricanes weren’t bringing enough misery, Florida’s warm, brackish waters are serving up “flesh-eating” bacteria. When ...

Some estimates attribute as many as 20 percent of cancer cases to infectious agents, such as Epstein-Barr virus and hepatitis ...

MRSA is a type of staph bacteria that commonly lives on the skin and is resistant to many often used antibiotics. Learn about ...