VDH says river flooding in the area can cause floodwaters to be contaminated with bacteria and viruses, causing the shellfish taken from the area to be unsafe.

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McLean County Coroner Kathleen Yoder said LeRoy woman is dead after a traffic accident that occurred Wednesday. The coroner said Brooke Powell, 37, died from multiple ...

Typical household cleaners like hand sanitizer or wipes don't kill germs from norovirus. Here's what you can use instead.

In the quest to take the “forever” out of “forever chemicals,” bacteria might be our ally. Most remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) involves adsorbing and trapping them, but ...

QUESTION: Hi Dr Zac, as a mum of two boys aged 8 and 10, I’m dreading the inevitable wave of germs they’ll bring home when school starts again. Between them, my hubby and myself, it feels like ...

In the quest to take the "forever" out of "forever chemicals," bacteria might be our ally. Most remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) involves adsorbing and trapping them ...

A team has identified a strain of bacteria that can break down and transform at least three types of PFAS, and, perhaps even more crucially, some of the toxic byproducts of the bond-breaking process.