The news is full of terms like superbug, post-antibiotic era, and abbreviations like MRSA. They all refer to various aspects of antibiotic resistance—the ability of bacteria to out-maneuver the ...

Antibiotics are safe, effective and generally well-tolerated. Fatigue felt while taking them is likely the illness itself, ...

Have a cold? Fever? Sinus infection? Your primary-care provider might not give you a prescription for an antibiotic. Here's ...

Antibiotics are effective treatments for some illnesses and infections, but other times, they don't help speed up recovery ...

Antibiotics can be used to treat a litany of illnesses, but one thing they can’t combat is a viral infection.

In lab experiments, a protein found in the Sydney rock oyster made some antibiotics more effective and killed several types ...

Many antibiotic labels contain warnings not to take them with alcohol. Learn more about the risks of drinking while taking ...

Researchers from the HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged (Hungary), have made a concerning discovery about the future of antibiotics.

In an intensive Winter Session course at Brown, undergraduates learned lab techniques and performed experiments as they ...

UTI symptoms can fade for a few days but then return. Here’s how to tell if your UTI is going away and how to use home ...

A growing understanding of the importance of the gut microbiome for health has also highlighted how antibiotics can wreak ...