What do conflict, climate change, pandemics and migration all have in common? Each is recognised as a driver for instability, economic disruption and geopolitical tension, and each now features ...

Before a swim in a lake or a walk through a creek, few people think about bacteria or toxins from algae. But what lives in that water can affect health days later. At Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) ...

The slogan, ‘You don’t need a pill for every ill’, was coined quite a few years ago and promoted by health departments and government ...

A novel CRISPR-based technology can spread within bacterial populations to eliminate antibiotic resistance.

Experimental drug named mandimycin kills fungi resistant to all other treatments, and could transform the fight against ...

In the front lines of combat between scientists and bacteria, there's a notorious group of bugs that belong to a nefarious ...

A Dartmouth study finds that molecular hitchhikers living within bacteria can make their hosts extra resistant to medical ...

From MRSA to norovirus, hospital infections remain a global problem. Here’s what they are, how they spread, and how to reduce ...

But the fish that health advocates envision appearing on our plates probably won’t be caught in the crystal blue waters we’d ...

Antibiotic resistance has become one of the most serious health threats in the modern world. For decades, antibiotics have been the main tool doctors use to treat bacterial infections. But over time, ...

A recent study has found gut bacteria resistant to common antibiotics (ampicillin and ceftriaxone) in a sizable percentage of ...

Active Genetics (Pro-AG) exploits a naturally created bacterial mating tunnel between cells to inactivate antibiotic resistance.