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

Antibiotic treatment during an influenza infection actually impaired the body’s efforts to clear bacteria rather than helping the body heal.

Antibiotic resistance is a serious global issue. It occurs when bacteria become immune to antibiotic treatments, making ...

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

A new U.K. study led by the University of Liverpool has examined whether an additional blood test called procalcitonin (PCT) ...

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

Antibiotics are ineffective against viral infections like human metapneumovirus (HMPV). HMPV affects the respiratory system, and antibiotics, designed ...

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

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 ...