Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the world’s most urgent health challenges, with the WHO’s recent report showing there are “too few antibacterials in the pipeline” and the limited commercial ...

Scientists have captured images of polymyxins, a type of antibiotic, disrupting and infiltrating the membranes of disease-causing bacteria. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

President Trump and top health officials announced a deal with Pfizer to try to lower Medicaid prices, and a website to help consumers buy drugs directly from manufacturers. By Rebecca Robbins ...

Share on Pinterest The CDC issued a warning over a multi-drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” that’s been surging in the United States. Getty Images A new CDC report found a sharp increase in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PJI rate did not differ with oral cephalosporin vs. no oral antibiotic after TJA. Patients prescribed ...

More than 4 out of 10 senior citizens take five or more prescription medications — a phenomenon known as polypharmacy, research shows. This practice increases the risk of addiction and medication ...

AMR is characterized by the ability of microorganisms to resist or survive the effects of commonly used antimicrobial agents. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), bacterial AMR was ...

Children exposed to antibiotics in the womb or early in life don’t generally have an increased risk of developing autoimmune conditions in adolescence, according to a study of more than 6 million ...

With three new antibiotics set to shake up the stagnant treatment landscape for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTIs) in the U.S., Dublin-based Iterum Therapeutics has made it to market first ...

“One of the most universally accepted beliefs around the world,” said Brad Spellberg, MD, chief medical officer at Los Angeles General Medical Center, “is that when you take antibiotics, you must ...

A new Rutgers Health study reveals a surprising twist in the antibiotic resistance story: instead of simply killing bacteria, drugs like ciprofloxacin can actually trigger a kind of microbial survival ...

Recent disease modeling research challenges public health guidelines recommending conservative antibiotic use for cholera, suggesting that for some outbreaks, prescribing antibiotics more aggressively ...