For the first time, high-resolution images have shown how life-saving antibiotics get past the tough outer layer of bacteria to kill them. The University College London and Imperial College London ...

New study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...

Human history was forever changed with the discovery of antibiotics in 1928. Infectious diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis and sepsis were widespread and lethal until antibiotics made them ...

Many important antibiotics are becoming less effective against bacterial infections; as bacteria continue to evolve, they gain and share resistance genes that enable them to evade the drugs. And while ...

Georgetown University Medical Center scientists found using antibiotics did not impact the severity or duration of coughs. Even when a bacterial infection is to blame for the cough, the typical ...

Lab tests reveal that caffeine may alter bacterial defenses, reducing the impact of certain antibiotics and prompting calls for more research. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly ...

Scientists have captured images of polymyxins, a type of antibiotic, disrupting and infiltrating the membranes of disease-causing bacteria. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year in the U.S. In a new study published in Nature Microbiology ...

Amoxicillin is a type of penicillin, an antibiotic that doctors prescribe to treat bacterial infections. It takes effect quickly, but it may take 24 to 72 hours to see an improvement in your symptoms.

The antibiotics typically used to treat traveler’s diarrhea are becoming less effective, researchers recently reported in ...

A new study from the University of Tübingen in Germany found that caffeine might decrease the effectiveness of certain antibiotics against E. coli by triggering bacterial defenses. In lab tests, the ...