Antibiotics are indispensable for treating bacterial infections. But why are they sometimes ineffective, even when the bacteria are not resistant? In their latest study published in the journal Nature ...

Some bacteria abide against antibiotics not because they are good at hiding, but because their growth slows when nutrients ...

Antibiotics are a crucial tool in the fight against bacterial infections. But the World Health Organization has long warned ...

Animal- & Agriculture-related Resistance Antibiotics are extensively used for animal farming and for agricultural purposes and may have effects on the selection of resistance. Residues from farms ...

Longer antibiotic courses showed no increased benefits or harms than shorter antibiotic courses in older adults, found a ...

The data suggests that the body's use of nutrient scarcity as a defense mechanism may actually enable bacteria's survival in the long run.

Scientists have discovered three powerful new drug regimens that offer more effective treatment for tuberculosis—bringing ...

The endTB trial is one of four recent randomized controlled trials testing new, shorter, and less toxic treatment regimens ...

A third drug, pretomanid, received emergency authorization from the FDA for specific use within a regimen against highly drug ...