Forgotten Medicinal Plant Shows Promise in Fighting Dangerous Superbugs
Scientists are revisiting a centuries-old herbal remedy and uncovering evidence that it can weaken dangerous bacteria in unexpected…
CT doc weighs in: drug resistant bacteria called public health risk
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning about a drug-resistant strain of shigella, a…
Antibiotics Turned This Woman’s Limbs Into an Unsettling Horrorshow
A woman’s skin care treatment inadvertently turned into its own nightmare. A recent case report describes how she…
Neanderthals May Have Used the World’s First Antibiotic 50,000 Years Ago
Creating birch tar using Neanderthal methods. Image credits: University of Cologne. If you were a Neanderthal hunter 50,000…
Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar as Natural Antibiotic
New experiments show that tar made from birch bark — long known as a tool adhesive — can…
‘Most Loving’ Mom, 33, Died After Hospital Gave Her Wrong Antibiotics, Leaving ‘Huge Void’ in Her Family
Stock image of an ambulanceCredit: Thinkstock Images/Getty NEED TO KNOW Aleisha Rochester died after being given incorrect antibiotics…
Convergent MurJ flippase inhibition by phage lysis proteins
Murray, C. J. L. et al. Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis. Lancet…
Amoxicillin Not Banned in Nigeria, NAFDAC Confirms
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has dismissed claims circulating on social media…
Device Suggests Correct Antibiotic in 36 Minutes
If new research holds up, doctors may be able to get lab-style answers on pathogens before they’ve…
Which European countries use the most antibiotics?
Health experts have called on Europe to curb its reliance on antibiotics as the threat of drug resistance…