WHO said it is important to combat antimicrobial resistance as misuse and overuse are making antibiotics less effective, putting modern medicine at risk.

If you've ever had a urinary tract infection (UTI), you know how miserable it can be: the burning, the itching, the constant ...

RSV is a significant cause of viral lower respiratory tract infections (VLRTIs) in children, including 50% to 80% of children ...

Overprescribing antibiotics breeds antibiotic resistance. A new tool aims to lower a notably high rate of such prescriptions in Rwanda.

There are an estimated 245,000 cases of life-threatening sepsis in the UK every year, claiming more lives than breast, bowel ...

Alembic Pharmaceuticals launches Pivya, its first branded antibiotic in the US, targeting uncomplicated urinary tract ...

Mycoplasma phocimorsus is a zoonotic pathogen, often transmitted from seals, that is resistant to common antibiotics and can ...

Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile—commonly known ...

As in the study reported by Shahi, successful pathogen identification greatly increased the chances of successful treatment. Defining failure as reoperation for infection or use of chronic antibiotic ...

A nationwide analysis of 470 adults who blamed tick bites for months of illness has found no evidence of persistent tick-borne infection driving their symptoms. The result challenges a widely held ...

Teddi Mellencamp is bringing awareness to Stevens-Johnson syndrome after experiencing an unexpected hospital visit. “I thought I had the flu, and then I woke up one day and my whole body was just ...

We've all felt that disconcerting "down-there" itching or burning sensation-and while a yeast infection leaps to mind as the most likely culprit, there are other factors that may be responsible. Keep ...