Multidrug-resistant bacteria kill five million people each year, with newly resistant germs emerging faster than scientists ...

Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche has announced that a new antibiotic, zosurabalpin, is progressing to phase 3 testing.

Buried in the DNA of the long extinct woolly mammoth is a compound that scientists hope will one day yield a lifesaving antibiotic. In experiments, mammuthusin, as the compound is called, has ...

The use of antibiotics in patients hospitalized with non-severe COVID-19 was not associated with better outcomes, a large retrospective cohort study found.

Discover how a plant-based diet aids gut recovery post-antibiotics, promoting a healthy microbiome and reducing infection risks.

Girls given antibiotics during their first year of life, especially in the first three months, are more likely to enter puberty at an earlier age, according to research presented at the first ...

A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a new study finds. This could put the medication, called gepotidacin, on ...

Your GI tract can sometimes be an unintended victim of these life-saving meds. Eat these foods to help heal your gut after antibiotics.

Early clinical trial results suggest that a groundbreaking new antibiotic drug could be a “massive game changer” for some patients suffering from chronic lower back pain.

Amid a surge in drug-resistant bacteria, researchers believe they have discovered a new class of antibiotics, three decades since the last one came to market.

Researchers discovered lariocidin, a lasso peptide antibiotic that kills multidrug-resistant bacteria by binding a novel ribosomal site.

The FDA approved a new antibiotic for UTIs from drugmaker GSK. The drug, Blujepa, is for women and girls ages 12 and up.