The UK Health Security Agency has outlined the symptoms of a Burkholderia stabilis infection as six people tragically died due to contaminated wet wipes.

After a recent death in the UK was linked to alcohol-free cleansing wipes, questions have been raised regarding which brands are best avoided. Testing has found a strain of bacteria in UK wet wipes, ...

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A fifth person has died after contracting a flesh-eating bacterium called Vibrio vulnificus. Health officials in Louisiana announced last week that a fifth person died from the bacteria and that ...

Up to 5% of people who have surgery can develop an infection — which can prolong healing and lead to dangerous complications, studies have shown. Additionally, chronic wounds affect around 6.5 million ...