Antibiotics are no longer able to treat infections as effectively as they once did because many pathogens have developed ...

Students at NWTC are looking for ways to fight antibiotic resistant bacteria as part of an eight-year project with Tiny Earth ...

Scientists have uncovered why tuberculosis bacteria evade antibiotics by entering a dormant state. Researchers found that ...

Until recently, we had no idea how important gut bacteria were to your overall health. In fact, years ago, colon cleansing was all the rage, and it seemed to make sense. Aren't bacteria harmful, and ...

Researchers in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School have opened a new window into understanding the development ...

The microbes inside our bodies not only help break down food but also impact our health. Yet their precise influence is not ...

Scientists have found a surprising effect of some antibiotics on certain bacteria -- that the drugs can sometimes benefit bacteria, helping them live longer. Scientists have found a surprising effect ...

Human history was forever changed with the discovery of antibiotics in 1928. Infectious diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis and sepsis were widespread and lethal until antibiotics made them ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego are developing alternatives for antibiotics, such as bacteriophages.

The Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute (ITDI) at Ohio University turned science into art recently, hosting a painting ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers have developed a new antibiotic that effectively fights several bacteria while sparing helpful bacteria in the gut. Guido Mieth/Getty Images Antibiotics are valuable in ...

He had had no hospital history, had fairly robust health and had no co-morbidities. Yet none of the antibiotics prescribed ...