Bacteria closes Lithia Springs swimming area
Hillsborough county officials have closed the swimming area at Lithia Springs due to elevated levels of bacteria.Full story
Leprosy Remarkably Unchanged from Medieval Times
Leprosy is much less common today than it was during the Middle Ages, but the bacterium that causes this debilitating disease has hardly changed since then, a new study finds. Full story
Gross! Just 5 Percent of Bathroom Users Wash Hands Correctly
After using the bathroom, 95 percent of people fail to wash their hands long enough to kill harmful bacteria, a new study finds. Full story
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Study: Handbags carry more bacteria than some toilets
Germophobes beware: A recent U.K. study claims some purses and handbags are loaded with more bacteria than the average toilet. TODAY puts those findings to the test, taking samples from handbags for microbiologist Nathan Lents of John Jay College to analyze.
Swimmers advised to self-test public pools in Fla.
With a CDC report indicating that more people are getting sick from bacteria in public swimming pools, the Department of Health in Lee County, Fla., is giving away free test kits to swimmers. WBBH’s Laura Roberts reports.
Aimee Copeland: ‘I was reborn as someone different’
A year after losing her hands and feet to a flesh-eating bacteria, Aimee Copeland is adjusting to life as the first woman to receive state-of-the-art prosthetic hands. She talks about how she’s coping with her losses and her hopes for the future. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports.
Flesh-eating bacteria victim gets new bionic hands
Aimee Copeland, the Georgia woman who lost parts of all four of her limbs to a flesh-eating bacteria after a zip line accident, is fitted with high-tech, $100,000 bionic hands. WXIA’s DeMarco Morgan reports.
Woman who contracted flesh-eating bacteria ‘doing great’
Aimee Copeland was not expected to survive after contracting a rare flesh-eating bacteria last year, but she is now doing well and helping to inspire others. “Regardless of what happens to you, regardless of the circumstances in your life, there's always so much joy out there, and you just got to fi
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