Do You Know Pathogens on Your Phone Are Often Antibiotic Resistant? Here’s How To Clean Your Device Effectively

Medicine & Technology Apr 26, 2023

We take our smartphones anywhere we go and they become dirtier than toilet seats. Read to know more.

Silver Nanoparticles Proven Effective in Solving Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Based on University of Florida Study

Feb 01, 2023

Discover the groundbreaking results of a new study that found silver nanoparticles to be effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Learn more and find out how this could change the future of infection treatment.

Catfish Inserted With Alligator Gene Via CRISPR Method to Protect Them Against Infection

Jan 29, 2023

About 40% of the catfish in the US farms die from disease before they even hatch due to infection. Check out how an alligator gene could protect them and prevent a mass die-off.

Scientists Discover Another Mechanism of Antimicrobial Resistance; How Serious Is This Threat?

Dec 01, 2022

Researchers discover another way bacteria behave in order to dodge antibiotic effects. Read to know more about this new mechanism and how it affects antibiotic treatment.

Researchers Discovered Role of Bacteria in Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

May 13, 2019

This discovery offer is a better understanding of the interaction between bacteria and host tissue which might lead to more effective treatment strategies

Ancient 425-Million-Year Old Bacteria ‘Enterococci’ Responsible For Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs

May 14, 2017

The root of why some superbugs are antibiotic resistant was discovered to be the enterococci bacteria which lived 425 million years ago.

Penicillin: Miracle Drug Turns Into Weak Antibacterial Due To Superbugs

Mar 01, 2017

Penicillin started in the medical field as a strong anti-infective that fights bacterial infections. Throughout the years, what are the changes in penicillin- treatment platform considering the hype of superbugs?

New Antibiotics Could Kill Superbugs Like MRSA In Minutes

Feb 06, 2017

There's a new antibiotic in town! This antibiotic is said to be capable of killing off antibiotic-resistant bacteria like MRSA in just a span of minutes according to a new study.

Antioxidant Drug Kills Deadly Infection --Study

Sep 25, 2015

An antioxidant drug is revealed to have a therapeutic effect on on of the most infection-causing pathogen Clostridium difficile.

Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria—Could Swimming This Spring Break Land You In the Hospital?

Mar 30, 2015

Using coastal waters can often be quite a finicky endeavor. Working your plans around algal blooms, red tides and even the occasional sewage mishap, can often be a pretty unpleasant mess. But it turns out that swimmers and surfers may have more to fear than getting a little dirty at the beach. Aside from Giardia, a parasite that is often passed in coastal waters, it turns out that recreational swimmers at local beaches may also be at a significantly higher risk of transmitting deadly antibiotic resistant bacteria—landing them in the hospital or worse.

Superbug Infects 4 Patients at a Second Los Angeles Hospital

Mar 05, 2015

Four patients have been infected with an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The superbug in questions has been linked to a type of medical scope that is used on more than a half-million people in the United States each year.

Superbug Breaks Out at UCLA Medical Center, Causing Concern for Safety of Endoscopic Procedures

Feb 19, 2015

While all may seem fine in endoscopic outpatient procedures, with an easy check-in and virtually no down-time at all, it turns out that an antibiotic-resistant superbug may be waiting in the OR. Health officials with the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the California health department are on high alert this week as news of two deaths in a local Los Angeles hospital have researchers wondering whether the superbug will claim more lives in its wake.