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

A study led by researchers at Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health found that use of antiseptic soap and nasal ointment among patients in hospitals and residents of nursing homes reduced countywide ...

Bacteria learned to survive by developing their own defence mechanism against antibiotic use, finds a 2025 study report by ...

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

Zuckerman is president of the National Center for Health Research and a former congressional investigator on FDA approval standards. Powers is professor of clinical medicine at George Washington ...

What antibiotic should I use to treat this patient’s Klebsiella pneumoniae? It’s resistant to carbapenems, and there’s a ...

MIT researchers showed that the lectin intelectin-2 bound bacterial sugars and mucus galactose, strengthening the gut barrier ...

Oftentimes, antibiotics will be incorrectly prescribed for viral infections, for which they’ll have no effect and could inadvertently contribute to bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.

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A new technique which slashes the time taken to diagnose microbial infections from days to minutes could help save lives and ...

A groundbreaking antibiotic discovery might finally tip the balance in the global fight against drug-resistant bacteria. Scientists have unveiled a rare molecule with a fresh way to stop dangerous ...