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

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 ...

Environmental antimicrobial resistance is turning rivers, soils, and even the air into hidden highways for "superbugs," ...

Talk about a culture shock. Microplastics, like the ones pictured here, have been linked to several health concerns. Researchers from Boston University identified another downside to microplastics — ...

Researchers believe they have identified a new class of antibiotics, nearly three decades since the last new one came to market. Teams at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and the University of ...

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

But a new antibiotic from Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche could change the future of how we treat Gram-negative bacteria. Roche announced on Monday that its antibiotic zosurabalpin will enter phase ...

Dealing with an infection isn't as straightforward as simply killing the pathogen. The body also needs to carefully steer and ...