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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· 2 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· 8 months agoAn antibiotic already in use in Europe to treat pneumonia controlled deadly bloodstream infections...
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...
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...
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...