Learn how antibiotic resistance and superbugs are making common infections harder to treat, why drug resistant bacteria are a ...

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the deadly drug-resistant bacteria NDM-CRE found a 70% rise in infections in the U.S. between 2019 and 2023. Also known as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Additionally, bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics by obtaining copies of resistant genes. This occurs through horizontal gene transfer, a process where genetic material is transferred between ...

A Dartmouth study finds that molecular hitchhikers living within bacteria can make their hosts extra resistant to medical treatment by corralling them into tightly packed groups. The findings ...

A new study from IISER Pune reveals a hidden mechanism in E. coli that enables it to survive broad-spectrum antibiotics.

For bacteria, microplastics are the perfect meetup spot—tiny, intimate surfaces where microbes can cling, huddle close and swap genes. And these crowded bacterial breeding grounds may pose a threat to ...

"We found that bacteria that evolve resistance to copper also become resistant to antibiotics, possibly because they are using biological pathways that help them resist copper to also resist ...

Heavy use of antibiotics has led to bacterial strains that resist them, making some infections difficult to treat. Copper antimicrobials are increasingly used to reduce the emergence of resistant ...

Antimicrobial proteins in oysters are showing promise as a support system for antibiotics. Here’s everything to know. Andi Breitowich works across digital and print magazines covering health, fitness, ...