A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the deadly drug-resistant bacteria NDM-CRE found a 70% rise in infections in the U.S. between 2019 and 2023. Also known as ...

New study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different “shutdown modes,” not ...

Scientists have found a surprising effect of some antibiotics on certain bacteria -- that the drugs can sometimes benefit bacteria, helping them live longer. Scientists have found a surprising effect ...

Prior to the discovery of antibiotics, infectious diseases were rampant. Communicable diseases were the most common cause of death, and the average lifespan was about 47 years old. However, this ...

Human history was forever changed with the discovery of antibiotics in 1928. Infectious diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis and sepsis were widespread and lethal until antibiotics made them ...

The drugs can wreak havoc on your microbiome. Here’s what may be key to restoring it. Credit...Joyce Lee for The New York Times Supported by By Isobel Whitcomb Q: I was recently prescribed antibiotics ...

The study reveals that environmental stressors do not merely kill bacteria; they can also prime surviving cells to take up ...

Stunning images reveal for the first time how antibiotics pierce deadly bacteria’s armor. Scientists have shown how life-saving drugs called polymyxins puncture the defenses of harmful bugs. They say ...

How one needs to take antibiotics can be a little bit confusing because oftentimes you feel better after a few days, but still have several days worth of antibiotics doses to take. Why is that? It’s ...

Studies published in Nature Cancer reveal how bacterial presence in head and neck cancers affects treatment response, ...

Mark Blaskovich receives funding from a range of government, not-for-profit and commercial organisations for research into antibiotic discovery and development. He is affiliated with AAMRNet ...

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