One way microplastics fuel antibiotic resistance is by acting as “hotspots” for bacteria to interact and exchange genes.

A research team led by Professor Tong Zhang from the Department of Civil Engineering of Faculty of Engineering at the ...

Most isolates (94.4%) showed antibiotic resistance, and half were multidrug-resistant, indicating significant public health risks and the need for improved hygiene and antibiotic regulation.

In 2022, over 3 million children died due to antibiotic-resistant infections, mainly in Africa and Southeast Asia. In 2022, ...

A research team has developed a computational tool, Argo, designed to accurately track ARGs in environmental samples, providing insights into their dissemination and associated risks.

TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A newly approved antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections may also help fight drug-resistant gonorrhea, a new study shows. The medication ...

Typhoid fever might be rare in developed countries, but this ancient threat, thought to have been around for millennia, is ...

This approach also could reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance, they added. Hyaluronic acid also has positives of its own, beyond its usefulness as a drug delivery vehicle, researchers added.

Artists take on academic freedom, institutional resistance, and more ...

The clinical burden of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has worsened across U.S. hospitals in recent years, according to a study published April 17 in BMC Infectious Diseases.  The ...

Scientists at Roche and Harvard University have discovered an entirely new class of antibiotic that can kill a highly drug-resistant ‘superbug’ with a mortality rate that can be upwards of 50% ...