Experts explain how health officials investigate foodborne illnesses amid a second outbreak of cyclosporiasis.

Researchers are getting to the bottom of how poo helps newborn babies. It might sound gross, but here’s the science.

The sites will be available to collect small and large items from July 24 to Aug. 11. See where and what the site will accept ...

New research indicates southern right whales can adjust their diet when preferred food sources become scarce. Studying whale ...

Your poop is a surprisingly useful health indicator. Changes in the texture, smell, and color of your stool can mean many ...

The hard, and nauseating, truth about cyclospora is that it’s spread through human feces. Over decades of research, ...

A microscopic parasite is making thousands of Americans sick this summer, and public health officials are still figuring out ...

Cyclospora can cause severe, "explosive" diarrhea, fatigue and stomach cramps that can persist for weeks if left untreated.

This new mail-in system is an alternative to dropping deer heads at collection bins, potentially speeding up test results. Hunters participating will receive a kit with instructions to collect lymph ...

Penguin poo, or guano, is a popular resource. Nests for penguin eggs are bowl-shaped depressions that the parents hollow into piles of guano and soil. And farmers love penguin guano for its rich ...

Federal health officials have identified a single supplier of the produce from Mexico that was served in Taco Bell ...

A 2019 PLOS ONE study of 40 men in Nova Scotia found that the diversity of bacteria in the colon correlated with total sleep ...