Treating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, one of the most notorious antibiotic-resistant superbugs, with certain antibiotics may make some infection patients sicker, according to new ...

Learn how chemists were studying a known antibiotic when they discovered a molecule 100 times more potent at defeating ...

Drug-resistant infections will soar among older people over the next five years, according to a new study. Demographic ...

Known as pre-methylenomycin C lactone, this antibiotic is derived from a model species that’s been studied for nearly 80 ...

Scientists have found a new antibiotic that could be over 100 times more effective in fighting ‘superbugs’ than existing ...

New antibiotics are not being developed quickly enough to keep pace with the rapid spread of superbugs, a new report from the ...

NASA sent a sample of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to space in hopes that the medical community can learn more about how superbugs mutate and become antibiotic-resistant, according to ...

Most reported MRSA infections are health-services based, occurring in hospitals, clinics and nursing homes, but a growing number of infections are now being reported in the community at large. These ...

LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - British scientists have found a new strain of the "superbug" MRSA in milk from cows and in swab samples from humans and say it cannot be detected with standard tests.

LOS ANGELES -- Several Los Angeles police officers have contracted a possible skin infection, the department said Tuesday. The three officers were stationed at the West Valley station in Reseda, which ...

Asian outbreaks of a notorious antibiotic-resistant super-germ are being driven by a gene that helps the bug colonise the nostrils, lungs and skin and evade the immune defences, scientists said on ...

Sept. 30 -- MONDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new test that can detect skin infections, including antibiotic-resistant infections such as the so ...