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 ...

Antibiotic production from big pharmaceutical companies has slowed significantly in the last five years, leaving children in low- and middle-income countries particularly exposed to hard-to-treat ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experts suggest supporting vaginal delivery where it is medically safe, promoting exclusive breast feeding, and cautious use ...

Researchers have sequenced an ice cave bacterial strain, contributing to our understanding of antimicrobial resistance.

Plastic products are ubiquitous in our food supply chain, shedding microplastics into every part of the human ecosystem. As they degrade, microplastics break down into even smaller fragments called ...

The growing threat of antibiotic resistance and resistance to wormers must be tackled by the equestrian world, experts agree ...

The quest to contain gonorrhea has been a decades-long struggle, but there is hope on the horizon in the form of new ...

Before antibiotics and antiseptics, healers across ancient Egypt, Greece, and China reached for honey to treat wounds. Archaeological evidence shows humans have been harvesting and collecting honey ...