This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Hungarian Nobel Prize laureate László Krasznahorkai delivered a rare lecture in Stockholm, presenting ...

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Bacterial meningitis is a global public health problem, with several causative etiological agents that vary by age group and geographical area. The objective of this study was ...

The Department of Microbiology hosted the 2025 Susan Roberts Dubay Endowed Lecture on Oct. 14, welcoming Lora Hooper, Ph.D., as this year’s keynote speaker presenting, “How the microbiome harnesses ...

Two popular and returning speakers will launch the annual Florida Lecture Series at Florida Southern College in Lakeland. Gilbert King, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and host of the podcast “Bone ...

Chang Yong Rhee has been the Governor of the Bank of Korea and Chairman of its Monetary Policy Board since 2022. He currently serves as Chair of the Committee on the Global Financial System and as a ...

Harvard University Press (HUP) will reissue five titles from its Charles Eliot Norton Lectures series, including Jorge Luis Borges’s This Craft of Verse and Umberto Eco’s Six Walks in the Fictional ...

The soaring cost of higher education has put a college degree out of reach for many Americans. There won’t be any class credit — or tests for that matter — but a group called Profs and Pints is ...

This useful study uses a model of Streptococcus suis (a pig pathogen) infection in mice using an intranasal route, the natural route of infection ignored in most of the literature. The study aims to ...

An antistreptolysin O titer (ASO) is a blood test used to determine if you've had a recent infection caused by group A streptococcus bacteria. It's not used to diagnose a current strep infection, such ...

Discussions of such disturbing national health issues as the reemergence of tuberculosis and cholera are among the highlights of the American Society for Microbiology's 93rd general meeting. At press ...

Gram-positive bacteria show blue or purple after Gram-staining in a laboratory test. They have thick cell walls. Gram-negative bacteria show pink or red on staining and have thin walls. They release ...

Cases of group A streptococcus (GAS) have been on the rise in the past decade. The bacteria can cause a range of diseases that span from mild to deadly. In addition, the bacteria are diversifying and ...