The effectiveness of antibiotics can be altered by combining them with each other, non-antibiotic drugs or even with food additives. Depending on the bacterial species, some combinations stop ...

July 5 (UPI) --When antibiotics are combined with each other, with other drugs or even food additives their effectiveness can be altered, according to an international study. Researchers found ...

Antibiotics are one of the greatest advancements in modern medical history. When penicillin was discovered in 1928, it changed everything. Infections that had once been lethal were now curable. As ...

Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc's experimental antibiotic was safe and effective in treating a bacterial infection that causes diarrhea, a U.S. advisory panel said on Tuesday. The advisory panel of 13 ...

A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a new study finds. This could put the medication, called gepotidacin, on ...

Antibiotic resistance isn’t just a hospital phenomenon; it's found in every environment tested by scientists. Most antibiotics are developed from organisms living in the soil, so it’s no ...

Air pollution can change the way respiratory infection-causing bacteria behave, thereby affecting the efficacy of antibiotics, according to a study published in Environmental Microbiology.

A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a new study finds. This could put the medication, called gepotidacin, on ...