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

"Superbug" bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics have the potential to create a nightmare scenario for modern medicine, but experts are hopeful that doctors will be able to slow the spread of ...

A common antibiotic used to treat liver disease could give rise to an "almost untreatable" superbug, scientists warned in a new study. The antibiotic, rifaximin, has enabled the global emergence of ...

A dangerous hospital superbug has been found to digest plastic—specifically the kind used in some sutures, stents and implants inside the human body. Microbiologists at Brunel University of London ...

Bagging up and disposing of your pet's poo is a necessary, albeit unpleasant, part of responsible pet ownership. But a new UK government initiative will be asking people to send them their pets' poo ...

Superbugs, bacteria that no longer respond to standard antibiotics, aren't just a future threat. They are already here, and India appears to be at the epicentre. A new large-scale, multinational study ...

A deadly bacterial pathogen that is often found in hospitals and frequently resistant to drugs, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is apparently able to degrade plastic that is commonly used in medical ...

Can you provide more information about the “superbug” bacteria that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned about last week? The warning was about a family of bacteria becoming resistant ...

Bagging up and disposing of your pet’s poo is a necessary, albeit unpleasant, part of responsible pet ownership. But a new UK government initiative will be asking people to send them their pets’ poo ...