Antibiotic resistance is a growing global crisis, particularly in India, where infections are increasingly defying common ...

Scientists have discovered a never-before-seen antibiotic that shows promising in treating drug-resistant infections.

A groundbreaking antibiotic discovery might finally tip the balance in the global fight against drug-resistant bacteria. Scientists have unveiled a rare molecule with a fresh way to stop dangerous ...

Five insights from the report, written by Clayton Dalton, MD, a resident physician at Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital: 1. In addition to antibiotic use being a risk factor for C. diff, ...

TUESDAY, April 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Severe and possibly deadly strep infections are on the rise in the U.S., a study published Monday in Journal of the American Medical Association said. The ...

Vibrio, a toxic microbe found in warm coastal waters, is on the rise in South Carolina as the earth’s climate changes.

Like a collection of ragtag villagers fighting off an invading army, the mix of bacteria that live in our guts may band together to keep dangerous infections from taking hold, new research suggests.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (WPVI) -- Zachary Doubek had just finished a baseball game when his mother says he started to cry. Marnie Doubek, Zachary's mother, recalls, "I said, 'What's the matter?' And he ...

Public health officials are sounding the alarm over the rise of whooping cough. The big picture: Cases of the respiratory ...

Four men in Georgia, all living in the same county, mysteriously became infected with a potentially deadly soil bacterium that’s normally found in the tropics and subtropics, particularly Southeast ...

UPMC Altoona recently received an overall grade of C for this fall from the hospital safety rating organization The Leapfrog ...