Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is among the top 10 global health threats – and is also a threat to food safety and security and environment. AMR warrants more robust action to stop misuse and overuse ...

Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have revealed that bacteriophages use a small RNA molecule to hijack bacterial cells, a mechanism that had never been described before. A tiny viral ...

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 ...

For the first time in decades, the US Food and Drug Administration has signed off on new antibiotics to fight gonorrhea. The approvals come at a critical moment: The sexually transmitted infection is ...

One in six laboratory-confirmed bacteria tested in 2023 proved resistant to antibiotic treatment, according to the World Health Organization. All were related to various common diseases. According to ...

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week with a quick roundup of some of the latest science news. Last Monday the ...

In 2020, an estimated 82.4 million new gonorrhea infections occurred among adults aged 15–49 globally 1. Resistance Trends Gonococcal resistance has evolved across multiple antibiotic ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global public health threat. Recent reports estimated that 4.95 million deaths in 2019 were associated with AMR. Beyond antibiotics, it has also been shown that ...

Dangerous infections that no longer respond to antibiotics are spreading quickly around the world, increasing by as much as 15% a year, a new report from the World Health Organization states. The ...

As "superbugs" continue to surge, the World Health Organization is now warning that one in every six bacterial infections are resistant to antibiotics. WHO also called for antibiotic medications to be ...

Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” are on the rise in the U.S.—meaning that it is important to be aware of the risks, causes and how to slow the spread. The surge comes as part ...