A Dartmouth study finds that molecular hitchhikers living within bacteria can make their hosts extra resistant to medical ...

A study comparing one- and three-month antibiotic treatments to prevent active tuberculosis (TB) finds that a high percentage of patients successfully completed both regimens and suffered few adverse ...

Australian research could be key to combating the rising threat of antibiotic resistance and saving millions of lives.

Microbes move across the planet, linking ecosystems and spreading genes that shape antibiotic resistance, health, and ...

From MRSA to norovirus, hospital infections remain a global problem. Here’s what they are, how they spread, and how to reduce ...

A Dartmouth study finds that molecular hitchhikers living within bacteria can make their hosts extra resistant to medical treatment by corralling them ...

But the fish that health advocates envision appearing on our plates probably won’t be caught in the crystal blue waters we’d ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant and growing threat to food microbiology, particularly within food ...

A recent study has found gut bacteria resistant to common antibiotics (ampicillin and ceftriaxone) in a sizable percentage of ...

Chronic infected wounds can take over daily life, especially for people living with diabetes. These wounds often refuse to ...

In 1928, a chance contaminant in Scottish physician Alexander Fleming’s lab experiment led to a discovery that would change ...

Viruses have spent billions of years perfecting the art of invading cells, hijacking their machinery and spreading with ruthless efficiency. Now researchers are turning that evolutionary expertise ...