Medically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmD Key Takeaways Antibiotics are medicines that treat bacterial infections by killing bacteria or stopping their growth. Penicillins are a subclass of ...

Antibiotics are frequently used drugs that can eliminate and prevent bacterial infections. They might be used in the acute phase of an infection, or to reduce the likelihood of complications after ...

A Nova Southeastern University professor and her class of 40 students are conducting research and searching for the next new ...

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April 1 (UPI) --Swedish scientists have made a breakthrough in combating the global rise in microbial resistance to antibiotics with the discovery of a potent new class of drugs, according to new ...

Researchers have combined the bacteria-killing actions of two classes of antibiotics into one, demonstrating that their new dual-action antibiotic could make bacterial resistance (almost) an ...

Blujepa, aka gepotidacin, is the first new class of antibiotics since the 1990s. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) Most UTIs, or urinary tract infections, are anything but subtle.

The antibiotics typically used to treat traveler’s diarrhea are becoming less effective, researchers recently reported in ...