If unchecked, diabetes leads to damaged nerve endings, meaning small injuries can go unnoticed and turn into ulcers prone to life-threatening bacterial infections. The bacteria build a nearly ...

had nothing to lose lisa Baxter thought she had seen it all. The manager of Tufts wound care team, She spent years evaluating sores, incisions and infections in hospitalized patients. I'm not grossed ...

A potentially deadly bacterial infection called streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, or STSS, is spreading in Japan, prompting questions about what causes it and how to prevent it. That's almost two ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A patient in Maryland, United States (US), has died from an infection of maggots, or maggot larvae, from the New World screwworm species. This is the first human case in the US ...

Maggots aren't high on most people's favorite-animals list. But maggots--specifically, the larvae of the green blowfly, Phaenicia sericata--can be helpful for the very reason they horrify. By eating ...

A pregnant mum fears for the health of her young children because of a maggot and fly infestation beneath the floor of their flat. Jess Rumble-Bear said the housing association responsible for the ...