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Antibiotics once turned deadly infections into curable ones. That trust is now cracking. Across hospitals and homes, germs are learning how to survive these medicines. This change is called antibiotic ...

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The sexually transmitted disease has become increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics. By Andrew Jacobs The Food and Drug Administration has approved two new antibiotics for the treatment of ...

A single-dose oral medication called zoliflodacin shows promise as a new treatment for antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea, according to a Phase III trial published in The Lancet. The study found that one ...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing challenges to global public health as harmful microbes evolve to evade these medications. Now, researchers at University of California San Diego and ...

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Infectious disease spread is increasingly common due to travel, human-animal contact, and climate trends. Experts shared the emerging diseases they're most concerned about and how to prevent them.

Bloodletting was used as a medical therapy for over 3,000 years. It originated in Egypt in 1000 B.C. and was used until the middle of the 20th century. Medical texts from antiquity all the way up ...

Drug-resistant bacterial infections are soaring to record numbers that could jeopardize the effectiveness of life-saving treatments, according to a new report from the World Health Organization. The ...

Difficult-to-treat infections caused by dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria are on an alarming upward climb, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned in a recent health alert. Known ...