For some children, appendicitis does not require surgery. Antibiotics can spare an operation, but the ‘right’ choice depends ...

What antibiotic resistance is, why it matters, and how to use antibiotics wisely; CDC estimates 2.8M infections and 35K U.S. deaths yearly.

Antibiotics have revolutionised medicine by providing effective treatments for bacterial infections, leading to significant advancements in healthcare and increased life expectancy. However, just like ...

A new World Health Organization study finds 1 in 6 infections worldwide are resistant to some antibiotics, highlighting a growing threat from drug-resistant bacteria.

But a new antibiotic from Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche could change the future of how we treat Gram-negative bacteria. Roche announced on Monday that its antibiotic zosurabalpin will enter phase ...

New antibiotics are not being developed quickly enough to keep pace with the rapid spread of superbugs, a new report from the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Antibiotic resistance poses a catastrophic threat to medicine and could mean patients having minor surgery risk dying from infections that can no longer be treated, Britain's top ...

Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new ...

Kākāpō, the world's only flightless parrots, have managed to avoid developing dangerous antibiotic-resistant superbugs so far ...