Another last-resort antibiotic has fallen victim to the rapid evolution of drug-resistant superbugs. The powerful antibiotic combination ceftazidime-avibactam (CZA), widely used to treat severe ...

Researchers at the University of Warwick have identified a set of antibiotic compounds hidden inside a well-studied soil ...

As if we needed another reason to worry about plastic pollution, science just handed us a pretty terrifying one. We already ...

Scientists have found that the last-resort antibiotic colistin is losing effectiveness against the hospital superbug ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have used artificial intelligence (AI) to design two new antibiotics effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or "superbugs." ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Infection rates from drug-resistant "nightmare bacteria" have spiked across the United States and in California at the same time a ...

In all, the megacluster provides a sophisticated siege on an essential pathway in many bacteria, including Streptomyces’ foes. Experiments in test tubes and in mice confirmed that the megacluster’s ...

An international team of researchers argues that increasingly hot weather has been responsible for roughly one quarter of emerging antibiotic-resistant Salmonella genes since 1940. Reading time 3 ...

Stopping antibiotics midway may seem harmless, especially when symptoms improve. But experts warn that this habit is quietly ...

Bagging up and disposing of your pet's poo is a necessary, albeit unpleasant, part of responsible pet ownership. But a new UK government initiative will be asking people to send them their pets' poo ...

Research conducted partly aboard the International Space Station (ISS) suggests that "microgravity" could help scientists fight drug-resistant superbugs, according to a report from SWNS. Microgravity ...