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Health care providers are in a constant battle with bacteria, and must reach for new weapons whenever they adapt and drugs no longer work on them. But those antibiotic-resistant bacteria are becoming ...

The World Health Organization is warning drug-resistant bacteria, dubbed ‘superbugs’ are on the rise. These bacteria do not respond to the first-line antibiotics often used by clinicians. Other WRAL ...

The World Health Organization sounded the alarm Monday about a growing threat of drug-resistant bacteria around the globe that could undermine life-saving treatments, an issue Wayne State University ...

Geneva -- The World Health Organization sounded the alarm Monday over soaring numbers of drug-resistant bacterial infections, compromising the effectiveness of life-saving treatments and rendering ...

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 ...

A new report from the World Health Organization sounds the alarm on rising antibiotic resistance globally. The 2025 Global Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance Report shares prevalence estimates for 22 ...

Difficult-to-treat infections caused by dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria are on an alarming upward climb, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned in a recent health alert. Known ...

Tuberculosis (TB) cases in England increased by 13.6% in 2024 compared with the previous year, according to new data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). There were 5490 TB notifications in ...

Infection rates from drug-resistant "nightmare bacteria" rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists. Bacteria that are ...

"As long as you breathe, you are at risk anywhere in the world," says physician Lucica Ditiu. The risk she's referring to is catching tuberculosis. While it may seem like a disease from the past, this ...