NEW YORK --For the first time, a U.S. patient has been infected with bacteria resistant to an antibiotic used as a last resort treatment, scientists said Thursday. The patient -- a 49-year-old woman ...

While a hospital is supposed to be a sterile, safe place where sick people go to get better, thousands of patients each year actually end up sicker because of hospital-acquired infections. A new ...

Germ theory was never a given. This now-commonplace idea — the notion that human diseases can be sparked by tiny pathogens infiltrating the body — emerged on the backs of discoveries made by people ...

It’s not good news. New research shows that some of the most used hospital cleaners are completely ineffective on a deadly superbug that commonly causes sickness in medical settings, according to the ...

As antibiotics become more commonplace, whether we need them or not, superbugs are worrying doctors and turning up more and more often. So the race is on to find methods to kill superbugs without ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are poised to become a global health concern in the coming decades. In the race to develop new weapons, scientists from Texas A&M have created a novel family of ...

The rise of superbugs — microbes resistant to some of the most powerful modern drugs — has public health officials scrambling for a solution. But the current state of affairs is worrisome, with Dr.

In July 2014, the UK government commissioned the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) to address the ever-growing concern that superbugs, resistant to current antibiotics, could eventually evolve ...

Pets might be a source of drug-resistant superbugs, Chinese researchers reported Tuesday. They found a pet shop worker infected with a much-feared antibiotic resistant strain of E. coli may have been ...

Hospital toilets are some of the most contaminated spots in the whole building, with unisex bathrooms potentially being home to superbugs. Harmful bacteria and fungi, along with multi-drug resistant ...

High levels of antibiotic-resistant superbugs in both indoor and outdoor environments in Delhi are posing public health risks ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. — It was a Friday in mid-May, and Erik Snesrud was checking out the first batch of samples under a new directive. The order had just come in to look for a new gene called mcr-1 that ...