Human history was forever changed with the discovery of antibiotics in 1928. Infectious diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis and sepsis were widespread and lethal until antibiotics made them ...

New safety warnings are coming for two common medicines, doxycycline and carbimazole. Indian drug regulators have identified ...

As antibiotics lose their effectiveness against some diseases, Peter Pitts, a former associate commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, is urging the public not to reuse leftover antibiotics.

Public health advocates say the agency’s recommendations for industry are too weak, especially with antibiotic use on the rise.

New FDA guidance on the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals has prompted criticism that it fails to consider the impact on human health.

Each year, approximately 700,000 people die from drug-resistant bacterial infections. A study by UCLA life scientists could be a major step toward combating drug-resistant infections. The research, ...

SCIENTISTS have discovered an ancient bacterial strain resistant to multiple types of antibiotics – which could worsen the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many nonantibiotic drugs such as certain antidepressants and antiparasitics have antibacterial effects. Tanja Ivanova/Moment via ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mariana Noto Guillen, UMass Chan Medical School (THE CONVERSATION) Human history was ...