A Canadian teenager who died on a school field trip was found to have toxic shock syndrome that appears to have stemmed from tampon use.

Kellogg announced it is recalling boxes of its Honey Smacks cereal because the product is linked with an outbreak of Salmonella.

Your kitchen towel may harbor a number of different bacteria, a new study finds. But can your towel really make you sick?

A first-of-its-kind analysis looks into the likely cause of Helen Keller's disability.

Volunteers bravely downed a cup of E. coli.

An elderly woman died after reportedly being "eaten alive" by scabies. But can these mites really kill a person?

Using a restroom hand dryer? Your digits aren't as clean as you think.

This will take the fun out of bathtime: Rubber ducky toys are teeming with bacteria and fungi, a new study finds.

Denali, the United States' tallest mountain, has issued new regulations to stop the accumulating mountain of human poop from contaminating local water sources.

Researchers discover how a weird bacteria survive their toxic environment.