Antibiotic persistence helps a small subpopulation of bacteria survive treatment without becoming genetically resistant, often leading to relapse and prolonged infection. Researchers are uncovering ...

Imagine a world where doctors are unable to treat infections or safely perform routine procedures such as surgeries or even root canals. As microbes increasingly become resistant to the drugs meant to ...

A new ICMR study has linked drug-resistant bacterial infections to higher mortality and greater treatment costs. ICMR’s Dr Kamini Walia explains how delayed diagnosis, hospital transmission and ...

Whenever fever, cold, or body pain troubles us, the first instinct is to pop a painkiller like paracetamol or ibuprofen without thinking twice. These medicines are widely used to provide quick relief, ...

Superbugs, bacteria that no longer respond to standard antibiotics, aren't just a future threat. They are already here, and India appears to be at the epicentre. A new large-scale, multinational study ...

A Chinese hospital tested an AI eye clinic with real patients, revealing problems that laboratory testing alone could not show. A Boater Fell Onto a Flagpole That Pierced Both Lungs and Still Arrived ...

UCT’s Holistic Drug Discovery and Development Centre has joined a global consortium working on developing novel antibiotics ...

Peering through his microscope in 1910, the Franco-Canadian microbiologist Félix d’Hérelle noticed some “clear spots” in his bacterial cultures, an anomaly that turned out to be viruses preying on the ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global threat, often referred to as the ‘silent pandemic’. AMR jeopardizes global health, food security and economic stability by rendering common ...

Dawn Sievert with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shared that in the U.S., 2 million people get infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria each year and 23,000 die. Antibiotic ...