The Ector County Health Department has reported the first death of 2025 linked to Streptococcus pneumoniae in a child younger ...

Trial Design Finalized in Consultation and Alignment with U.S. Food and Drug Administration Study Designed to Establish a New Standard for Adult ...

Scientists engineered phages to act as scaffolds to carry silver nanoparticles. Together, the two bacteria-killing components ...

Antibiotic resistance is widely recognized as one of the most urgent public health challenges of the twenty first century. Now, a new study shows that even very small amounts of antibiotics that ...

Antibiotics usually save lives—but against some bacteria, they can make things worse. That’s the case with the Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli, where bacterial death releases a flood of a ...

In addition, FtsZpcpp still maintains antimicrobial activities after being treated with serum (Table 4). In less than 50% of the serum (human serum or fetal bovine serum), MICs of FtsZpcpp peptides ...

A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reveals that bacterial movement plays a central role in the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes. The research team discovered that the rotation ...

Recognizing symptoms early is crucial, as timely medical intervention can save lives and lower the risk of severe complications.

Medically reviewed by Josephine Hessert, DO Key Takeaways Meningococcal meningitis spreads through saliva and requires close ...