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Infection breakthrough as 80-year-old antibiotic may be effective against drug resistant bacteria
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoAn 80-year-old neglected antibiotic may provide protection against multi-drug resistant bacterial...
Researchers discover new class of drugs to fight antibiotic resistance
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSwedish scientists have made a breakthrough in combating the global rise in microbial resistance to...
Nature is the world's original pharmacy – returning to medicine's roots could help fill drug...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAround 75% of antibiotics, including penicillin and amphotericin B, are derived from natural...
Antibiotic resistance causing large avoidable death toll, doctors say
dpa international via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoAround 750,000 of the almost 5 million annual deaths caused by antimicrobial resistance - when...
A potent antibiotic has emerged in the battle against deadly, drug-resistant superbugs
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAcinetobacter baumannii, seen under a scanning electron microscope, is a gram-negative bacterium...
Newer antibiotic effective against deadly staph infection in trial
Reuters via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn antibiotic already in use in Europe to treat pneumonia controlled deadly bloodstream infections...
Could an antibiotic taken after unprotected sex prevent STIs? What to know about doxy-PEP.
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThis summer, the CDC is expected to release guidelines for the use of doxy-PEP to prevent STIs. But...
In a first, CDC to recommend antibiotic pill after sex for some
CBS News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoDoctors should weigh prescribing some of their patients a pill of a powerful antibiotic,...
Gonorrhoea is now resistant to to all treatment antibiotics – except one
Cosmo via Yahoo News· 7 months agoGonorrhoea is the second most common bacterial STI in the UK after chlamydia, however, it has...
Scientists discover ‘potent’ breakthrough superbug killer drug
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHarvard scientists have created a “potent” new antimicrobial compound that overcomes mechanisms used...