Certain antibiotic-resistant infections could be treated with precision medicine in the future, thanks to a new resource mapping plasmids the ultimate vehicle of rapid bacterial evolution.

Antibiotic resistance tends to stabilize over time, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens ...

Trump’s nominee for the top CDC role would join the agency at a time of great turmoil and uncertainty for medical research.

The CDC noted that it can cause “infection in different parts of the body like the blood, wounds, and ears” and that symptoms ...

A drug-resistant fungus is on the rise in American hospitals, targeting patients who already reeling from illness. New cases ...

Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that has spread rapidly through U.S. healthcare facilities since it was first reported ...

A fungal superbug is spreading through hospitals and nursing homes at an 'alarming rate,' with the CDC recently calling it an ...

While C. auris may not a serious threat to healthy people, it is becoming more frequent, particularly in hospitals, where it ...

Trump’s newest pick for CDC Director isn’t a medical doctor. But that could be a strength, rather than a weakness.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new class of antibiotics for treating uncomplicated urinary tract ...

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 ...

The microscopic shards of plastic found in every corner of the planet may be exacerbating antibiotic resistance, a new study has found. Bacteria exposed to these ubiquitous fragments, known as ...