Evidence has emerged about the way bacteria become resistant to multiple drugs. The findings by a John Innes Centre research ...

"Three pills later, my life was turned upside down." Ciprofloxacin, commonly known as Cipro, is part of the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics. Due to the potential for serious side effects ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr had an absolute trainwreck of a confirmation hearing. Kennedy, who had been a vocal vaccine skeptic and ...

Antibiotic resistance can develop to new antibiotics even before they reach the market, undermining their future ...

Anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen, along with antibiotics, antiviral medications, and vaccines are associated with a reduced risk of dementia, a new systematic review suggests.

Amoxicillin is a semi-synthetic penicillin that became available in 1972. Bacteria have since evolved to become resistant to the original form of the drug, so scientists continue to research new ...

Testing new antibiotics in India, South Africa, or Brazil, where they are needed most, makes scientific sense. But it’s not without challenges. If the drugs lack global viability, they are less likely ...

A young cancer patient battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia suddenly faced another life-threatening challenge — drug-resistant infections. Antibiotics failed one after another, and with chemotherapy on ...

Risk factors that make it more likely to have a penicillin allergy include: Having a history of allergies Having a family history of drug allergy Having had an allergic reaction to another kind of ...

The endTB trial is one of four recent randomized controlled trials testing new, shorter, and less toxic treatment regimens ...