Turning the tide on antibiotic resistance will require new ways of working, writes executive director of the Global ...

Antibiotics are frequently used drugs that can eliminate and prevent bacterial infections. They might be used in the acute phase of an infection, or to reduce the likelihood of complications after ...

April 1 (UPI) --Swedish scientists have made a breakthrough in combating the global rise in microbial resistance to antibiotics with the discovery of a potent new class of drugs, according to new ...

The drug is from a new class of antibiotics, the first new class in decades to be approved as a treatment for gonorrhea, ...

A hidden antibiotic, forged inside a familiar microbe and overlooked for years, has turned out to be roughly 100 times more ...

The FDA approved Nuzolvence (zoliflodacin) for uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea in patients aged 12 years and older weighing at least 35kg.

Scientists at Uppsala University have discovered a new class of antibiotics with potent activity against multi-drug resistant bacteria, and have shown that it cures bloodstream infections in mice. The ...

Gepotidacin, an investigational antibiotic, proved noninferior to dual therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea, according to results of the phase III EAGLE-1 trial. The ...

Human history was forever changed with the discovery of antibiotics in 1928. Infectious diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis and sepsis were widespread and lethal until antibiotics made them ...

Backyard ants use ancient, targeted antimicrobial strategies that could inspire new ways to fight drug-resistant superbugs in humans.