Bacteria are outsmarting antibiotics, making infections harder to treat. India faces a significant challenge with high antibiotic resistance and usage. Common infections are now taking longer to heal.

Microplastics gather anti-biotic resistant bacteria as they move through water, allowing microbes to spread from polluted sites into rivers.

Microbiologist works with tubes of bacteria samples in an antimicrobial resistance and characterisation lab at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [AP Photo/David Goldman] A stark ...

The clinical approval of penicillin in 1945 kicked off a 25-year period that is now commonly referred to as ‘the golden age of antibiotic discovery,’ in which antibiotic discovery progressed at a ...

Forget bedbugs and cockroaches — NYC is battling “superbugs” that can’t easily be quashed. Candida auris, for one, survives ...

Antibiotics are medical marvels that have transformed once deadly bacterial infections into manageable conditions. But with a rise in antibiotic resistance that renders existing treatments ineffective ...

Our world is rapidly running out of antibiotics that can combat bacteria and other microorganisms that have developed antimicrobial resistance. (Photo by Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images ...

Whenever fever, cold, or body pain troubles us, the first instinct is to pop a painkiller like paracetamol or ibuprofen without thinking twice. These medicines are widely used to provide quick relief, ...

Antibiotic resistance is often framed as a hospital problem, but a growing body of evidence shows that rivers, soils, wastewater, and other natural environments are quietly becoming major reservoirs ...

Zoliflodacin and gepotidacin make oral therapy viable again for urogenital gonorrhea, yet lower pharyngeal efficacy and weak resistance surveillance mean clinicians must adopt cautious, targeted use.