A new study reveals that diabetes significantly accelerates the emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections,...

We hope to be cured when we stay in hospital. But too often, we acquire new infections there. Such 'healthcare-associated infections' (HAI) are a...

How can we best treat infectious diseases in people with obesity? Hospital pharmacist and Ph.D. researcher Koen van Rhee studied how obesity affects...

Hospitals are meant to heal, but they can also be places where patients pick up new infections. These “health-care-associated infections” (HAIs)...

Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a late─stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of small molecule antibiotics for difficult─to─treat...

In 2017, a Nevada woman died from a superbug resistant to 26 antibiotics, highlighting a global health threat. Texas A (and) M researchers found...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a new synthetic approach that turbocharges bacteria into producing more of a specific...

Cyprus has recorded a 275.5 per cent increase in bloodstream infections caused by Enterobacterales resistant to carbapenem antibiotics, placing it...

A commonly used antibiotic called vancomycin, which is usually prescribed to treat infectious diarrhea, may also be helpful for people suffering from...

Could the bacteria in your mouth predict whether you are at risk of dementia? Emerging research suggests that the bacteria living on your tongue and...