While vaccination is the best way to protect against whooping cough, rates in children have fallen Antibiotics can help treat ...

Antibiotic resistance is a serious global issue. It occurs when bacteria become immune to antibiotic treatments, making infections harder to treat. Overuse of antibiotics is a major cause.

For this reason, the FDA expressed concerns that ongoing use of the products may enable bacterial strains resistant to antibiotics to increase rapidly. Trace amounts of some agents, like TCC, are ...

Drug-resistant infections are most prevalent in critical care units Antibiotics are hailed as medical saviours. But they are increasingly facing a crafty adversary: bacteria that mutate and adapt ...

Pigs pose a particular risk of incubating new viruses, but cats, too, pose a similar risk because of their proximity to humans, as per a new study. Now, scientists are warning that domestic cats ...

Superbugs, bacteria that are immune to multiple antibiotics, pose a great challenge to modern medicine. Researchers from the B CUBE—Center for Molecular Bioengineering at TUD Dresden University ...

Bacterial skin infections can range from mild to life-threatening. Your healthcare provider will likely prescribe antibiotics based on the type and severity of the infection. Impetigo causes an oozing ...

Working in animal husbandry in the mid-1980s, he watched with growing concern the increasing use of antibiotics — both to battle infections and to fatten up the animals. While looking for ...

Every year, more than five million people die due to bacterial infections that are becoming increasingly resistant to a range of antibiotics. It is a concern the World Health Organization has ...