Infections caused by the most dangerous class of drug-resistant bacteria in the United States surged 69% between 2019 and 2023, and one strain carrying the NDM enzyme rose 461% over the same period.

Decades-old hospital samples have helped University of East Anglia (UEA) researchers uncover how a deadly ...

Four antibiotic compounds produced in Streptomyces bacteria attack multiple parts of an essential metabolic pathway.

An international team of researchers argues that increasingly hot weather has been responsible for roughly one quarter of emerging antibiotic-resistant Salmonella genes since 1940. Reading time 3 ...

In all, the megacluster provides a sophisticated siege on an essential pathway in many bacteria, including Streptomyces’ foes ...

Scientists pieced together the genetic history of Acinetobacter baumannii — a notoriously stubborn hospital pathogen — using ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A newly discovered antibiotic from soil bacteria attacks microbes in a unique way, offering hope against drug-resistant infections ...

The World Health Organization sounded the alarm Monday over soaring numbers of drug-resistant bacterial infections, compromising the effectiveness of life-saving treatments and rendering minor ...

So far, so good: Aotearoa New Zealand’s critically endangered kākāpō parrots are not showing signs of antibiotic resistant bacteria – yet. Celebrity kākāpō, Sirocco, on Maud Island in 2012. (Credit: ...

A quiet discovery inside a familiar soil microbe is reshaping how scientists think about the future of antibiotics. Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have identified a new compound ...