Antimicrobial resistance is projected to cause up to 10 million deaths each year by 2050, making it one of the most pressing ...

In 2024, one of the biggest health concerns was antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This issue has been escalating, posing a significant threat to modern medicine and life-saving procedures like organ ...

Dangerous bacteria and other disease-causing microbes are rapidly evolving ways to defy our best antibiotic medications, a ...

When scientists sampled soil and animal poop from around the world, they found a whopping 18 new species of Enterococcus, the purple stained bacteria pictured above. Credit: CDC, Dr. Mike Miller ...

Especially before antibiotics were available, this was a common cause of blindness in newborns. "Gonococci are notorious for quickly becoming resistant to antibiotics," says chemist Thomas Böttcher.

Researchers have proven that antibiotic-resistant strains of a harmful bacteria thrive in a diabetic infection environment. Antibiotics are powerful, fast-acting medications designed to eradicate ...

Approximately 1.2 million people in the U.S. contract nontyphoidal Salmonella every year. The infections result in 23,000 hospitalizations and 450 deaths annually. Among the infections, more than ...

Children in Guatemala who received a common vaccine that helps prevent pneumonia were less likely to carry ...