A video posted by incredibeard™ (@incred...  ...you like to avoid dying a horrible death from an infection while staying in the hospital? Then you'd better...  ...g to a study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection , men with beards are less likely to develop Staph...  ...are less likely to develop...

In 1846, before we even knew what a virus was, doc...  ...le. Today, the estimate for the average number of infections spread from each sick person is higher–betw...

[http://youtu.be/Gy42CoyqKjE] (YouTube link)Resear...  ...our hands! Read more about the mechanics of viral infection at Texas Science. Link -via Geekosystem

You've probably heard that drinking cranberry juic...  ...nberry juice is good for preventing urinary tract infections (UTIs). There is some evidence that it's true, bu...

Woof! New research shows that a...  ...be a baby's best friend ... by preventing infections : The study, posted online Monday...  ...any protection from respiratory tract infections , such as colds and resulting common ear...  ...uch as colds and resulting common ear *stron...

The Awl has some great charts detailing how the common cold is transferred, profiling the one guy who infects your entire workplace, and a flow chart to determine whether you will catch a cold. That's in addition to...

The Wyoming Department of Health got word of two sheep ranch employees who were infected with Campylobacter jejuni and suffered from abdominal symptoms. Both eventually recovered, although one was hospitalized for a day....

Do you love your pets so much that they sleep in y...  ...common, documented cases show people contracting infections by getting too cozy with their animals, according...  ...RSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infection , a bacterial infection resistant to multipl...

Ever wonder why our body temperature is 98.6 °...  ...t balance of being warm enough to ward off fungal infection but not so hot that we need to eat all the time t...  ...dred harm mammals. Such protection against fungal infection , Dr. Casadevall has speculated, could have been c...