More than half of people who receive antibiotics to treat appendicitis do not see their disease come back 10 years after the initial illness, a new study shows. The data come from one of the first ...

Antibiotic resistance (AR) has steadily accelerated in recent years to become a global health crisis. As deadly bacteria evolve new ways to elude drug treatments for a variety of illnesses, a growing ...

Four major trends that will shape how we as a society will confront antibiotic resistance in the coming decade. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

André O. Hudson, PhD. receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Imagine going to the hospital for a bacterial ear infection and hearing your doctor ...

Imagine going to the hospital for a bacterial ear infection and hearing your doctor say, “We’re out of options.” It may sound dramatic, but antibiotic resistance is pushing that scenario closer to ...

Robots are now doing what once took chemists months, building potential antibiotics in days as drug resistance tightens its grip on the world. In a striking demonstration of automated chemistry, ...

The pathogen that causes the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is notorious for its ability to develop drug resistance. But now there are two more treatment options. In December, the U.S. Food ...

Taking probiotics with antibiotics can lower the chance of diarrhea. Probiotics may help reduce the risk of Clostridioides difficile infection when taking antibiotics. It may be more effective to take ...

An antibiotic primarily used in veterinary medicine was found to turn the gut into a factory that pumps out life-extending compounds. The finding could change the way we think about the development of ...

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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the world’s most urgent health challenges, with the WHO’s recent report showing there are “too few antibacterials in the pipeline” and the limited commercial ...

As "superbugs" continue to surge, the World Health Organization is now warning that one in every six bacterial infections are resistant to antibiotics. WHO also called for antibiotic medications to be ...