Once a medical miracle, antibiotics are now losing their power. Across the world, common infections are becoming harder-and ...

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UTIs are among the most common bacterial infections worldwide, but inappropriate use and overuse of antibiotics is driving ...

Antimicrobial chemotherapy has many important uses in healthcare, including treating bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections. Side effects depend on the medication you receive, but they’re ...

Once a medical miracle, antibiotics are now losing their power. Across the world, common infections are becoming harder—and ...

Fixing the broken market for innovative antimicrobial drugs should start with the hospitals, said Christine Ann Miller, MBA, at the Future of Health Summit sponsored by the Milken Institute on Tuesday ...

Exposure to acid-suppressive medications or antimicrobials in infancy was linked to higher risks for food allergies and anaphylaxis in early childhood, with the risks increasing further with multiple ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health emergency that threatens many of the medical advances made in the last century. In 2016, the United Nations General Assembly held a high-level meeting ...

Backyard ants use ancient, targeted antimicrobial strategies that could inspire new ways to fight drug-resistant superbugs in humans.

You might have to go to the vet more often now when your dog or cat has an infection. That's because the FDA is out with a new rule that requires all antimicrobial medication for animals, some of ...