The gut – often referred to as the body's second brain – houses trillions of microorganisms that influence everything from ...

They all refer to various aspects of antibiotic resistance—the ability of bacteria to out-maneuver the drugs that are ...

In a new book, a science journalist recounts the story of a lifesaving treatment for infection that scientists broadly ...

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a critical vulnerability in drug-resistant bacteria: zinc -- or a lack thereof. In a recent study, published in the journal Nature Microbiology, ...

(Image: Canva) Antibiotics are medicines that treat bacterial and fungal infections by either killing the bad organism and making it difficult for them to grow or spread in the body. Antibiotics ...

Antibiotic and antifungal drug resistance pose a major public health threat. Live Science is covering the spread of this ...

There is no role of antibiotics in treating the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory illness currently seeing an ...

The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria could lead to a catastrophic rise in infection-related deaths, according to new ...

A study led from Umeå University, Sweden, has shown that the so-called nanoplastics which enter the body also can impair the effect of antibiotic treatment. The results also indicate that the ...

A concentrated sugar solution could be just as effective as antibiotics at treating a common infection in dairy cows, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. The results were ...

which they argue better mimics antibiotic action in the body. Using this test, they found that some antibiotics approved by the US Food and Drug Administration were effective at treating ...