Infections caused by the most dangerous class of drug-resistant bacteria in the United States surged 69% between 2019 and 2023, and one strain carrying the NDM enzyme rose 461% over the same period.

Decades-old hospital samples have helped University of East Anglia (UEA) researchers uncover how a deadly ...

Analysis of hospital samples dating back to the 1970s has revealed how Acinetobacter baumannii—a notoriously stubborn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The number of lives lost around the world due to infections that are resistant to the medications intended to treat them could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cynthia Horton’s earaches are the stuff of nightmares. “I can wake up from my sleep in horrible pain, like I’m having a root canal ...

Scientists pieced together the genetic history of Acinetobacter baumannii — a notoriously stubborn hospital pathogen — using ...

After a routine C-section at an Auckland hospital, a mother developed severe pain and what seemed like postnatal fatigue. It turned out to be an infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...

As the global health community grapples with the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, researchers at the University of Regina in Canada have found promise in a powerful but often ...

A new study reveals that blends of common spice oils inhibit superbacteria hidden in meat intended for human consumption.

A virulent strain of antibiotic-resistant superbug that causes severe disease has been found circulating in a Malaysian hospital—posing significant challenges to global public health, a new study ...

A bacteria-killing coating created by scientists has been used in trials of a new paint that can be applied to a range of surfaces to effectively kill bacteria and viruses, including difficult-to-kill ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea risks becoming a drug-resistant "superbug" if doctors do not devise new ways of treating it, a leading sexual health expert said.