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Endometriosis may be caused by a common gut bacteria, small study suggests

New research offers a possible link between endometriosis and a common bacteria that can be treated with antibiotics.

LiveScience

South Africa is famous for its biodiversity: a new network will store and manage its plant and animal samples

South Africa has created a network of facilities to store hundreds of thousands of samples of biological material from plants, animals, bacteria and fungi. The samples are currently held in biobanks in the country. The aim is twofold: to ensure researchers have access to all available samples, and to establish…

The Conversation

Swimming ban in place for two popular Dublin beaches due to high bacteria levels

Fingal County Council says the two beaches remain open, but bathers are advised to avoid swimming in the water due to potentially harmful bacteria

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'I burst out laughing at my sister's baby name - it sounds like a bacteria'

The woman left her sister fuming when she burst out laughing after being told the name she's planning on giving her baby - and was told she'd ruined her baby shower

Daily Mirror

Health expert's five simple steps to improve gut health and why it is the secret to weight loss

The key thing is to increase the number of plant based foods you eat

Wales Online

Scientists Finally Confirm A Long-Held Belief About What Triggers Photosynthesis

A single photon is enough to catalyze photosynthesis in bacteria, according to a study published in Nature, which likely applies to plants as well.

Inverse

Scientists have finally discovered how photosynthesis starts — by setting it off with a single photon

For the first time, researchers have observed how just one particle of light can trigger photosynthesis in bacteria — finally revealing the first step of the crucial process.

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NI dog deaths to blue green algae “didn’t have to happen”

Expert Lucia Ross said: "Toxins can become airborne and cause respiratory distress in some people and animals."

Belfast Live

Man dies from rare flesh-eating bacteria after eating raw oysters from food stand

The 54-year-old man from Missouri became infected after eating the popular dish bought from a food stand in the St. Louis suburb of Manchester, the St. Louis County Public Health Department has said

Daily Mirror

Explained | Leptospirosis, a disease that surges in the monsoon months

Leptospirosis has emerged as an important infectious disease in the world today. It is a potentially fatal zoonotic bacterial disease that tends to have large outbreaks after heavy rainfall or flooding. This article explains its character, symptoms, risk factors, and precautions.

The Hindu

Man dies after eating raw oysters from Missouri seafood stand

Missouri man’s death from Vibrio vulnificus bacteria comes after scientists’ warning that climate change will bring about more cases

The Independent UK

Asymptomatic Cases Could Hold The Key To Resisting Infectious Diseases

Researchers are working on a way to help people not to resist an infection but to tolerate one.

Inverse

What is going wrong with the water quality at Barry Island?

Levels of bacteria in the seawater at both of Barry's main beaches have been rising

Wales Online

Florida man gets 'flesh-eating' bacterial infection after a relative bit him

A resident of Riverview, Florida was bitten by a relative and later developed a "flesh-eating" infection — likely from the bite.

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Activists call for clean up of Ooty lake

Environmentalists have urged the district administration to take up the cleaning of Ooty Lake, after analysis of samples collected from the water body confirmed the presence of Clostridium bacteria in the water, and also high alkalinity in parts of the lake. ty

Daily Mirror

Man infected with flesh-eating bacteria after being bitten by relative in huge family brawl

Donnie Adams, of Tampa Bay, Florida, was bitten by a relative when he stepped in to break up a fight at a family gathering and contracted a flesh-eating bacteria

Daily Record

Warning over 'deadly' health condition that thrives in garden equipment and hot tubs

People are more at risk of catching Legionnaires' disease in the summer thanks to the warmer temperatures.

Daily Mirror

Deadly bacteria 'lurking in soil and water' now endemic to US Gulf Coast

A CDC expert has said the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei is lurking in soil and stagnant water across the 1,600 miles of Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida

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Daily Mirror

Health warning over deadly disease that thrives in hot tubs and gardening equipment

As the weather turns warmer, many Brits will look towards trying out their new hot tub, or planting new flowers in their garden but what they may not know is the risk this brings of catching Legionnaires' disease

Wales Online

Holiday sickness alert with 7 foods to avoid while travelling

Foodborne illnesses can cause an upset stomach or worse - even with something as innocent-seeming as fresh fruit and vegetables

Salon

All about "plant body clocks"

Yes, even "plants, fungi and even some bacteria" have circadian rhythms, too

Daily Mirror

The secret to living to 100 may already be lurking inside you, new study reveals

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen studied 176 people aged 100 or older, all living in Japan, and found they had a "unique" combination of gut bacteria

ABC News

Older brothers and sisters could help build babies' defence against allergies, findings suggest

For more than three decades, researchers have known that children from larger families are less likely to develop allergic disease, but the potential reason for that remained a mystery.

Evening Standard

How to live beyond 100: Researchers think they have found the secret

We might be one step closer to figuring out how to live a very long life indeed

The Conversation

Is there life in the sea that hasn't been discovered?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

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