The widespread use of antibiotics in industrial animal agriculture is contributing to the rise of antibiotic resistance, with ...

Antibiotic misuse, poor infection control, and high transmission rates of resistant pathogens fuel antimicrobial resistance and superbugs in hospitals.

But even if you’re used to picking up a prescription from your local pharmacy and hoping it fights off your illness sooner rather than later, there are still specific questions you should ask your ...

British physician and microbiologist Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin nearly 100 years ago, was the first to warn ...

In an effort to learn more about astronaut health and the effects of space on the human body, NASA is conducting a new experiment aboard the International Space Station to speed up the detection of ...

Most mutations that decreased antibiotic susceptibility were related to specific metabolic pathways. A MIC-increase to ...

Illinois accounts for one-fifth of all U.S. cases of a deadly fungal superbug that's increasingly difficult to treat. But ...

All age groups in the United States are experiencing a "high severity" of influenza cases among all age groups for the first ...

People with diabetes are more prone to developing Staphylococcus aureus, a leading cause of infections and death associated ...

Leaders of four state agencies on Friday launched a major five-year plan to work together with partners in public health, health care, agribusiness, environmental protection and other fields to ...

Most of Dr. Leah Schrupp’s patients know it. So do most of Dr. Erin Knudtson’s patients. If they visit their doctor with a runny nose, chest cold or the usual flu symptoms, they ...