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The yeast Malassezia helps protect the skin from bacterial infections, but only up to a certain point. Scientists at the ...

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HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — An outbreak of the antibiotic-resistant infection MRSA circulated in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital for more than three years and ...

Local honey may not help your seasonal allergies, but both Soffer and Marchese agree that it can offer other health benefits.

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Researchers describe a fundamental mechanism of antibiotic resistance. What happens in a bacterium that is resistant to the ...