Bacteria can sneakily evade our best efforts at eradication by developing resistance to various pressures in their ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

Early in 2025, scientists discovered a promising new antibiotic in a soil sample from a lab technician's backyard. The ...

Antibiotic factories release resistance genes at levels 100x higher than city sewage. Pharmaceutical pollution is fueling ...

The discovery of an "Achilles' heel" in strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria may provide a better way to deal with this public health crisis. That is the conclusion of an international team of ...

Microbiologist Karin Hjort discusses what heteroresistance is and how it could change the way we treat bacterial infections. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Earthworms remove 70-95 percent of antibiotic resistance genes from farm manure, making safer fertilizer for crops.

The paper argues that glaciers can store antibiotic resistance genes for long periods and that climate-driven melting may ...

Learn how plastic pollution is creating new pathways for antibiotic resistance to become an even bigger public health threat.

The World Health Organization calls antibiotic resistance a “silent pandemic” affecting millions worldwide. But the threat ...