Bacteria can sneakily evade our best efforts at eradication by developing resistance to various pressures in their ...

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the deadly drug-resistant bacteria NDM-CRE found a 70% rise in infections in the U.S. between 2019 and 2023. Also known as ...

A mineral-hogging fungus can “bully” bacteria into becoming more antibiotic resistant, according to new work published June 20 in the journal PLOS Biology by Fred Hutch Cancer Center scientists. The ...

Houseflies live close to humans and domesticated animals and because they are so mobile they can easily spread bacteria that make people sick. They carry these disease-causing agents on their body ...

CORRECTED September 30, 2025 // An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the two drugs which are effective against NDM-CRE. The article has been updated to state aztreonam-avibactam and ...

A new Rutgers Health study reveals a surprising twist in the antibiotic resistance story: instead of simply killing bacteria, drugs like ciprofloxacin can actually trigger a kind of microbial survival ...

Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria adapt or evolve to survive antibiotic treatment. This is a big issue as it can cause antibiotics to become less effective. If a person has a bacterial ...

Mark Blaskovich receives funding from a range of government, not-for-profit and commercial organisations for research into antibiotic discovery and development. He is affiliated with AAMRNet ...