Complementary discoveries have the potential to enhance treatment options for antibiotic-resistant infections. Researchers at ...

In lab experiments, a protein found in the Sydney rock oyster made some antibiotics more effective and killed several types ...

An international collaboration has achieved an important breakthrough in understanding the genetic mechanisms that allow ...

Antibiotics are effective treatments for some illnesses and infections, but other times, they don't help speed up recovery ...

First-line antibiotics for uncomplicated UTI remain more effective than fluoroquinolones and beta-lactams in a retrospective ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global public health crisis responsible for more than a million deaths annually. By 2050, the World Health Organization estimates it could surpass cancer and heart disease ...

The endTB trial is one of four recent randomized controlled trials testing new, shorter, and less toxic treatment regimens ...

A recent study by a team from Chiba University has demonstrated a promising approach for fighting antibiotic resistance by identifying a compound, V-161, that inhibits a sodium-pumping enzyme critical ...

For years, Radha Lama bought antibiotics in bulk at a clinic near her home in Kathmandu, Nepal. She took the pills whenever she had a stomachache or headache, without talking to a doctor or nurse, ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are becoming a major health concern. According to the CDC, this resistance happens when ...

Researchers made a “huge breakthrough” when they did an experiment “purely out of curiosity” which solves “a decades-long ...

New research from Tulane University has identified a unique genetic signature in bacteria that can predict their likelihood of developing antibiotic resistance, a finding that can help quickly ...