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 ...

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.

Zuckerman is president of the National Center for Health Research and a former congressional investigator on FDA approval standards. Powers is professor of clinical medicine at George Washington ...

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, ...

In a cave in Romania, scientists found a bacterial strain entombed in ice that is resistant to 10 modern antibiotics. But it may also help fight superbugs.

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 ...