The researchers found that bacteria exposed to microplastics became resistant to multiple types of antibiotics commonly used to treat infections, People in high-density, impoverished areas like ...

Biofilms work so well, in fact, that they can increase antibiotic resistance hundreds to thousands of times above what’s normal, Zaman said. “Biofilms are pretty nasty to get off because they ...

In a startling discovery, a team of Boston University researchers found that bacteria exposed to microplastics became resistant to multiple types of antibiotics commonly used to treat infections.

Officials have identified hundreds of products, including antibiotics, radiation therapies and pacemakers, for which the US is dependent on shipments from the EU to meet domestic demand.