Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing health challenge that affects how infections are treated. For many years, medicines like antibiotics helped to cure once deadly illnesses. Today, some of ...

Over the three decades that I have worked in animal health, I have borne witness to the mounting effects of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals. Just like in people, while bacterial infections ...

Marina Joubert receives funding from The British Academy as a member of the "Just Transitions for AMR" global convening. Antimicrobial resistance is projected to cause up to 10 million deaths each ...

Building on recent efforts to steer its facilities, builders and architects away from utilizing finishes and fabrics containing antimicrobial chemicals, Oakland, Calif-based Kaiser Permanente, the ...

In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic, penicillin, and by the 1930s, the first antibiotics had become commercially available. Now, less than a century later, we are facing a ...

Nasal cavities are an underappreciated body part, but they are a gold mine for University of Tübingen microbiologist Bernhard Krismer, who explores the bacterial interactions in this ecosystem. In ...

AMR can be transferred between organisms and species. In addition, resistant microbes themselves spread within and between plants, animals, and humans. They contaminate water, soil, and air, and they ...

Candida auris, a deadly fungus, infected a record number of New Jersey residents last year, highlighting the growing threat of drug-resistant superbugs. Antibiotic resistance poses a significant ...

Some members of the genus produce penicillin, a molecule that is used as an antibiotic, which kills or stops the growth of certain kinds of bacteria. Other species are used in cheesemaking. CC Image: ...