The widespread use of antibiotics in industrial animal agriculture is contributing to the rise of antibiotic resistance, with ...

Fascinating new research shows mollusk blood proteins have strong antimicrobial properties, especially when combined with ...

A nationwide study of older adults in Sweden suggests a suspected link between antibiotic use and microscopic colitis is more ...

Make your antibiotic medication as effective as possible by getting these answers before you leave the doctor's office or pharmacy.

British physician and microbiologist Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin nearly 100 years ago, was the first to warn ...

Doctors will often prescribe antibiotics, which assist in fighting bacterial infections like whooping cough or strep throat.

Scientists have uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: a shuttling mechanism that helps a complex of proteins pump out a wide spectrum of antibiotics along ...

Researchers have proven that antibiotic-resistant strains of a harmful bacteria thrive in a diabetic infection environment.

A Cornell University-led collaboration has uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: a shuttling mechanism that helps a complex of proteins pump out a wide ...

Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...

A doctor treating a premature baby has defended the decision not to give him antibiotics the day before he died. Two-month-old Ben Condon died in Bristol Children's Hospital in April 2015 after ...