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

Salk scientists discover the immune system handles infection differently in young and aged mice with sepsis, with the same ...

A global DNA deep dive shows why E. coli infections in diabetic foot wounds can be so stubborn, dangerous, and hard to treat.

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

Antibiotic factories release resistance genes at levels 100x higher than city sewage. Pharmaceutical pollution is fueling ...

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

Even with correct antibiotic doses, some bacterial infections return because persister cells survive treatment by entering ...

One of us is an urban public health advocate, and the other a rural cattle rancher. Despite our differences, we both know that we can and must act more quickly to solve this problem. We can both see ...

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 ...

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 ...