Antibiotic resistance continues to push modern medicine into dangerous territory. In hospitals around the world, infections ...

Antibiotics for sore throats have hardly any preventive effect against serious streptococcal infections in the population, ...

Changes in gut microbiome diversity are observed with certain antibiotic drugs years later, even after just one course of ...

In addition to fighting off infections, several common antibiotics activate receptors in the gut. For example, azithromycin, ...

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There’s growing concern about the use of antibiotics in the animal industry and agriculture. Australia imports about 7 ...

Researchers in Leiden have, for the first time, observed how a specialized enzyme helps bacteria stay alive when oxygen ...

Drug-resistant infections are a major public health threat around the world. To fight them, scientists are constantly trying ...

The Sandoz plant in Kundl opened the era of mass production of these drugs in 1946; today this manufacturing is at risk on ...

Researchers at Michigan State University are developing a new way to prevent the spread of germs and bacteria without relying ...

Dubbed “the next frontier of cancer prevention and care,” the microbiome appears to be especially critical when it comes to ...

This is the time of year that many people feeling the misery of colds and flus request antibiotics. In fact, many people have come to expect — and in some cases even demand — antibiotics every time ...