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Drug-resistant gonorrhoea is on the rise worldwide, but a new antibiotic could buy us more time before the emergence of completely untreatable strains of the bacteria, which is known to potentially ...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing challenges to global public health as harmful microbes evolve to evade these medications. Now, researchers at University of California San Diego and ...

Scientists have reported the discovery of the first in a promising new class of antibiotics — and the find was unexpected, as they hadn't set out to find new drugs. The new antibiotic compound shows ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the world’s most urgent health challenges, with the WHO’s recent report showing there are “too few antibacterials in the pipeline” and the limited commercial ...

Hi, it’s Karoline in Singapore. The World Health Organization has released a new report on antibiotic resistance — and it’s grim. But before I get into the details... Let’s start with the basics: ...