As summer heat rises, so does the risk of Vibrio infections in this country. An infection with this bacterium can be fatal in the worst cases, as two recent incidents demonstrate. TRAVELBOOK explains ...

Seawater is full of bacteria, hundreds of thousands live in every liter. But the sheer number of bacteria living in the water does not necessarily mean a lot. More important is how active they are and ...

Antibiotic resistance is becoming an accelerating crisis because of the overuse and misuse of antibiotics over many years.