Susan Finney (June 11) writes that we should have what she call a constitutional basic freedom right to choose the consumption of raw milk. Raw milk can carry Listeria, a tough little bacterium. It can travel through the nervous system and cause meningitis, can infect the unborn child of a pregnant woman and can kill. In severe infections, fatality rate can be as high as 25 percent. ...more

June 20, 2009

The bacterium that causes infections of the urinary possess the molecular tools to steal what it needs from its hosts. Researchers, however, are attempting to turn the tables and use those tools to kill E. coli. ...more

March 4, 2009

A dog disease that veterinarians rarely saw five or 10 years ago is making a comeback in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

February 18, 2009

Inside his bright, new laboratory at the University of Florida, researcher Lonnie Ingram is trying to build a better bug. ...more

November 16, 2008

Government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: A single Mexico-grown jalapeno pepper handled by a small Texas produce shipper. ...more

July 21, 2008

Germs sent into orbit on the space shuttle last year came back to Earth three times more virulent, a finding that could have major implications for astronauts on the International Space Station or on proposed voyages to the moon and Mars. ...more

September 29, 2007

What is meningitis? Meningitis is an inflammation of the tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord. It can be caused by viruses or bacteria. ...more

September 25, 2007