Approximately 1.2 million people in the U.S. contract nontyphoidal Salmonella every year. The infections result in 23,000 hospitalizations and 450 deaths annually. Among the infections, more than ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released a report that shows a concerning surge in drug-resistant bacterial infections globally. The report states that one out of every six ...

Antibiotic resistance (AR) has steadily accelerated in recent years to become a global health crisis. As deadly bacteria evolve new ways to elude drug treatments for a variety of illnesses, a growing ...

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have uncovered how a ...

Antibiotic drug resistance is considered to play a part in around 75,000 hospital-acquired infection deaths per year in the United States, according to recent analysis by Kalorama Information. The ...

Transatlantic antibiotics maker Nabriva Therapeutics just raised an enormous swath of cash – it just closed a $120 million Series B round to treat serious and highly resistant bacterial infections. It ...

A virulent new strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that causes severe disease could be spreading widely across Asia -- posing significant challenges to global public health. A virulent new strain ...

A recent study led by the University of Turku, Finland, analyzed the DNA map of more than 14,000 gut metagenomes in a global dataset and found that there are differences in antibiotic resistance ...

A new treatment for gonorrhea shows promise, which is welcome news with global rates of the sexually transmitted infection on the rise and antibiotic resistance becoming more prevalent. The oral ...

Antibiotics do not cause urinary tract infections (UTIs). However, research suggests there may be a link between prior use of antibiotics and a person developing an antibiotic-resistant UTI. A UTI may ...

A groundbreaking antibiotic discovery might finally tip the balance in the global fight against drug-resistant bacteria. Scientists have unveiled a rare molecule with a fresh way to stop dangerous ...