Picture this: you fall ill, visit the hospital, and undergo tests. The doctor informs you that you have a bacterial infection. You are prescribed antibiotics and sent home with a warning: “You should ...

Heading into the holidays, what are the symptoms to watch for, who is most at risk for whooping cough and who needs to get ...

Lars Stevens-Cullinane works in a dark room. But he's not processing negatives and printing photographs on light-sensitive ...

Whatever happened to those antibiotics you ended up not needing? Or that leftover pain medicine from an old knee injury? You might think they’re fine to pass along to someone else with a similar ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have reported early success with a novel ...

It has long been a mystery why antibiotics reduces the effectiveness of some vaccines, but researchers believe bacteria in the gut may play a pivotal role.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego are developing alternatives for antibiotics, such as bacteriophages.

Antimicrobial resistance is often described as a looming global disaster, and as doctors warn about antibiotics losing their power, it is also argued that the biggest breakthroughs ...

Bacterial infections can spread quickly, especially in hospital settings or crowded communities, where vulnerable people are ...

Researchers found that a non-absorbed antibiotic can trigger gut bacteria to make longevity-promoting compounds. A research ...

When people are prescribed an antibiotic, they expect to take the drug and get better, but that is not always the case due to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). And one Portstewart woman’s experience of ...

A significant breakthrough in understanding how bacteria resist common antibiotics could pave the way for more effective treatments against harmful infections, a new study suggests. Researchers ...