Matthew Herper covers medical innovation — both its promise and its perils. It has been a tough year for medicine. The U.S.

Now that the condition is known to spread sexually, there are steps you and your partner can take to prevent it.

Analysis of hundreds of single-cell genomes from Yellowstone National Park shows bacterial species are less cohesive than previously thought.

The gut microbiome is intimately linked to human health and weight. Differences in the gut microbiome—the bacteria and fungi ...

This issue also includes the second article in our series on Applied and Industrial Microbiology. On page 578, Bernd Rehm reviews the progress that has been made in the field of bacterial biopolymers.