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

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

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

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

Once seen as a lasting medical breakthrough, antibiotics are steadily losing their effectiveness. Around the world, ...

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

A new scientific review warns that heavy metals, microplastics, and antibiotic resistance genes are creating a "triple threat ...

Penicillins are first-choice antibiotics for many common infections, but more than one in 15 UK adults have a penicillin allergy label on their medical records. In the event of an infection, they will ...

Tackling antibiotic resistance likely requires a multifaceted approach. Better and faster point-of-care testing, new treatments, and antimicrobial stewardship could hold promise for future control.

Most people diagnosed with penicillin allergies are not actually allergic to the drug, and these inaccurate diagnoses result in the unnecessary use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, according to a ...

When the world’s first antibiotic, penicillin, was discovered in 1928 and years later used to treat bacterial infections, it changed the course of modern medicine. Fast forward to now and the fiendish ...

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