The researchers tested the tar against Staphylococcus aureus, a major cause of skin infections, and Escherichia coli, a ...

Good morning. Superbugs are becoming increasingly drug resistant and the market for discovering new antibiotics is broken.

Antibiotics are often hailed as miracle drugs for their ability to wipe out dangerous infections, but new research suggests they leave a more lasting footprint on our bodies than previously thought. A ...

Azithromycin was used early in the pandemic to treat COVID-19 in patients and has continued to be used to fight respiratory ...

Antibiotics are designed to wipe out infection-causing bacteria, but even a single course can leave a lasting mark on the gut ...

Tar made from birch tree bark is commonly found at Neanderthal sites, and experiments show that it kills some bacteria that cause skin infections ...

Long-term registry-linked analysis of nearly 15,000 adults shows that antibiotic use is associated with persistent changes in gut microbiome diversity and composition for up to 4–8 years. These ...

Health officials are bracing for cases to be confirmed outside of Kent as students return home for Easter ...

A newly developed antibiotic called EVG7 could offer a powerful new way to stop Clostridioides difficile, a dangerous gut bacterium that often returns after treatment. In mouse studies, researchers ...

These long E. coli cells can swim their way into tubes, like catheters, so DeCurtis et al. studied the dynamics of elongated ...

The study shows that certain types of antibiotics can be linked to changes in the gut microbiome as long as four to eight years after treatment. The strongest associations were observed for ...

New guidelines emphasize selective imaging, cautious surgical decision-making, and more in penetrating traumatic brain injury management.