Tag: bacteria
WATCH: Our mobile phones are covered in bacteria and viruses… and we never wash them
Image: Wes Mountain/The Conversation
COVID-19 has seen the world embrace sanitisers and formal hand washing procedures in our private lives like never before. But...
We found more than 54,000 viruses in people’s poo — and 92% were previously unknown to science
Image: Shuttlestock
Research published yesterday in Nature Microbiology has identified 54,118 species of virus living in the human gut — 92% of which were previously unknown.
But...
‘Deeply worrying’: 92% of Australians don’t know the difference between viral and bacterial infections
Melanie Foster/AAP Image
We are four months into a global virus outbreak, and public health awareness could well be at an all-time high. Which is...
Early exposure to infections doesn’t protect against allergies, but getting into nature might
Keeping in touch with nature may assist with allergy protection.
Picture: Katya Shut/Shutterstock
Over the past few decades, allergies and asthma have become common childhood...
I’m taking antibiotics – how do I know I’ve been prescribed the right ones?
Not all antibiotics kill all types of bacteria. fizkes/Shutterstock
In the days before antibiotics, deaths from bacterial infections were common. Seemingly minor illnesses could escalate in severity, becoming...
From peaceful coexistence to potential peril: the bacteria that live in and on us
Hand washing is an effective way to help prevent
the spread of bacteria. rawpixel/unsplash
Bacteria are everywhere, including in and on our bodies. There are...