Medically reviewed by Marisa Garshick, MD A boil, also known as a furuncle, is a swollen, pus-filled growth on the skin that occurs when bacteria—even those normally found on your body—infect a group ...

Staph (Staphylococcus aureus) is the most common germ to afflict humans, and one of the most damaging: it causes diseases ...

ATLANTA -- A combined intervention against recurrent Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) that included both personal periodic decolonization and home environmental hygiene ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers assessed S. aureus transmission based on hospital room type. They found rates were nine times higher ...

Beloved Oscar-winning actor Diane Keaton died from pneumonia, according to a statement her family shared with People magazine. It was not clear if she had any underlying health conditions that ...

The country music legend, 66, showed off the incredible progress that he's made on his journey to recover from a 2013 stroke that almost took his life - and left him unable to sing. The I Told You So ...

Dr. Céline Gounder, an internist, epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, is a CBS News medical contributor as well as senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News.

Researchers have identified a surprising cause of some urinary tract infections: contaminated meat. A four-year study found that nearly 1 in 5 UTIs detected among a group of patients in Southern ...

Kevin Collins receives research funding from Affinity Water and the Environment Agency. A woman was recently fined £150 by a council for pouring coffee down a drain before getting on a bus. The fine ...

A drainage ditch has been approved as part of scheme that will see 100 homes built on the outskirts of Wem. Persimmon Homes, Northern Trust Limited, and the Harrison family were granted planning ...

A new study estimates that nearly one in five urinary tract infections in Southern California may be caused by E. coli strains transmitted through contaminated meat – and pose a hidden foodborne risk ...