microbiology

HARRISBURG (TNS) — We’ve come a long way from the first days of COVID. Even though the severity of the virus and its effects have changed, the reality...

PITTSBURGH – Bird flu, or H5N1 virus, in unpasteurized milk is stable on metal and rubber components of commercial milking equipment for at least one ...

DuBois – There was a time when practically no one contracted pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, but now cases are rising throughout the coun...

You may have heard recent news reports about bird flu spreading in birds around the world and causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows. While bird ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has begun its 2024 black fly suppression program, monitoring and treating 4...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael, who is battling ALS, is back home after spending more than a week in the hospital with several ail...

UNIVERSITY PARK — An estimated 1,600 people in the U.S. contract a serious infection from Listeria bacteria in food each year, and of those individual...

(TNS) — Known to many as the home of potato chips, it’s fair to say Pennsylvania values its spuds. But, according to a new study from Penn State resea...

UNIVERSITY PARK — People with celiac disease, or intolerance to dietary gluten, may soon have more food options, thanks to an unlikely source: sourdou...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Prominent among the columnist’s general responsibilities would be staying abreast of current events, obviously, but I’m not even go...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Some scientists believe the Paramos, a grassland ecosystem found in the northern Andes Mountains of South America, are “the world’s ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission reported that 30 to 40 deer found dead in the vicinity of State Game Lands 214 in North Shenango and Sad...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Erika Ganda, assistant professor of food animal microbiomes and executive committee member of Penn State’s One Health Microbiome Cen...

Dr. Lanre Morenikeji, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, is serious about providing undergraduate students...

RED HOUSE — Red House Beach in Allegany State Park is closed due to potentially hazardous algae in the water for the first time this season. Allegany ...

How many times have you been told to not look directly at the sun? While this age-old advice should be common sense, the following eye information and...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In the woods of the northeastern U.S., a strange disease is creeping through the canopies. Spreading quickly, it causes leaves ...

After a mild winter in the U.S., will there be an uptick in ticks this year? Researchers say it is hard to predict how the tick season will play out. ...

Perhaps we can blame COVID fatigue for numbing us to the risks of other viruses. But it should be bigger news that a bird flu has mutated to spread th...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Although many wild birds carry Salmonella, the strains of the bacteria they convey mostly do not harbor antimicrobial-resistance gen...