Many everyday chemicals can damage beneficial gut bacteria and potentially fuel antibiotic resistance, prompting calls to ...

New research reveals that doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis raises resistance gene levels in the gut, but leaves the overall balance of the microbiome largely intact, marking a crucial step ...

Skipping antibiotic doses can lower drug levels and reduce effectiveness. • Missing doses—especially multiple—can slow ...

A one-dose oral drug called zoliflodacin has proven highly effective against gonorrhoea in a major international trial. The ...

A recently published study led by researchers at Northern Arizona University (NAU) looked at the potential effects of a pan-resistant strain of bacteria. Antibiotic resistance is the term for when a ...

Every winter, use of antibiotics surges as the public battle’s colds, coughs and other bugs. But are antibiotics always ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1.27 million people died due to antibiotic resistant infections in 2019. That same year, those resistant infections also contributed to the deaths of ...

From strep throat to urinary tract infections (UTIs), we've all benefited from the modern medical marvel of antibiotics. But ...

Using antibiotics unnecessarily or excessively is known as antibiotic overuse. Some effects of overuse can include an increased risk of antibiotic-resistant infections and other antibiotic-related ...