Plasmids are self-replicating genetic elements that float separately from a bacterium’s own chromosomes. Plasmids evolve ...

A senior internal medicine specialist explains how everyday illnesses, surgeries, and even cancer care could collapse if ...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing challenges to global public health as harmful microbes evolve to evade ...

Dr. Jeff Joliff, Pharmacy Director at Kern Medical, joined 23ABC's Morning News to discuss the importance of appropriate ...

Delayed administration of antibiotics was significantly linked to higher mortality among patients with acute-on-chronic liver ...

People in Wolverhampton have been urged to return unused antibiotics to their local pharmacy. The city council said storing ...

Antibiotic resistance is widely recognized as one of the most urgent public health challenges of the twenty first century.

A quest to discover new antibiotics is taking a Cal Poly biochemistry research team back in time millions of years as they ...

Pertussis, or whooping cough, remains a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by Bordetella pertussis. Despite inclusion of pertussis vaccines in immunization programs since the 1970s, ...

Pneumonia, a largely preventable disease, caused more than two million deaths in 2021, according to the Global Burden of ...

Antibiotic-resistant infections surge in the UK, with nearly 400 weekly cases reported in 2024 and rising deaths, UKHSA ...