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

Dr. Dylan Wyatt, an emergency medicine physician at Aspirus-St. Luke’s, shares the do’s and don’ts of antibiotics. Dr. Dylan: Antibiotics are medications that are used to treat bacterial infections.

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If there’s a point where antibiotics are no longer effective, one expert says we’re “already there.” MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is multi-drug-resistant strain—ubiquitous in ...

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

Antibiotics are a powerful tool in fighting bacterial infections like strep throat, whooping cough or a urinary tract infection. But they can leave the patient with nausea, diarrhea or an upset ...

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

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

Qin Rao, MD, is a board-certified physician based in New York City. He currently works as a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Manhattan Gastroenterology. Constipation is not a common side effect ...

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