Every year, bacteria kill more than a million people worldwide through infections that no longer respond to antibiotics. In ...

Companies are aggressively marketing home medical kits containing prescription antibiotics and other drugs for self-treatment ...

Antibiotic resistance is becoming an accelerating crisis because of the overuse and misuse of antibiotics over many years.

A Monash University-led study has found that an unusual pairing of two commonly used antibiotics can kill and stop the spread ...

When it comes to bacterial infections in the gut, antibiotics are effective yet broad-acting: although they might kill disease-causing species effectively, beneficial microflora can get caught in the ...

ROME, June 8 (Reuters) - Genes linked to antibiotic resistance are present across multiple ocean basins, including remote waters, according to findings released on Monday from an Italian-led research ...

A new perspective article in Biocontaminant proposes a three-part evolutionary framework for using bacteriophages to better ...

Deep inside a Romanian ice cave, locked away in a 5,000-year-old layer of ice, scientists have uncovered a bacterium with a startling secret: it’s resistant to many modern antibiotics. Despite ...

Resistance to antimicrobial agents is rising among human infections with Escherichia coli bacteria that produce the Shiga toxin, according to a study analyzing data from nearly 2,000 infections in the ...

Scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered a new antibiotic that may be a bulwark in the fight against drug-resistant superbugs, according to new research published in Nature.

June 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. FDA has approved GSK's (GSK.L), opens new tab oral antibiotic to treat complicated urinary tract infections, the regulator said on Wednesday, giving patients a new ...