The news is full of terms like superbug, post-antibiotic era, and abbreviations like MRSA. They all refer to various aspects of antibiotic resistance—the ability of bacteria to out-maneuver the drugs ...

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

DEAR DR. ROACH: What is the difference between antibiotics and antivirals? -- A.T.G. ANSWER: Antibiotics are an effective treatment for bacteria. Some antibiotics are very broad, meaning that they can ...

Antibiotics once turned deadly infections into curable ones. That trust is now cracking. Across hospitals and homes, germs are learning how to survive these medicines. This change is called antibiotic ...

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

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

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 ...

The National Action Plan 2.0 will remain in effect till 2029 and work on creating awareness. It also involves strengthening ...

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

Balasegaram is executive director of the Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership. No matter how carefully we use the antibiotics we have, drug resistant infections will continue to gain ...

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