Scientists Warn Hot Weather Can Make Older People More Vulnerable To Flesh-Eating Organisms In a nutshell Heat waves and ...

Bacteria exhibit extreme antibiotic resistance. Scientists assessed samples from 37 patients known to have drug-resistant bacteria, and sequenced the bug’s genome.

The extreme heat that recently blanketed the United States is a clear sign of climate change. But rising temperatures are fueling more than just hotter summers. Climate change is contributing to ...

Heat can degrade medicines like insulin and inhalers and increase risks with blood pressure, mental health and antibiotic ...

One of the biggest challenges facing science today is the discovery of new antibiotics. In fact, it’s been around 40 years since a new one has been introduced to the market. Fortunately, bacteria ...

Antibiotics are supposed to wipe out bacteria, yet the drugs can sometimes hand microbes an unexpected advantage. A new study from Rutgers Health shows that ciprofloxacin, a staple treatment for ...

A global modeling study found that 8,500 tonnes of antibiotics from human use alone enter rivers annually, threatening aquatic ecosystems and accelerating antimicrobial resistance. Over 6 million ...

Even though a higher percentage of people with cholera would be using antibiotics, fewer people would get the disease so that less antibiotics are used overall. Cumulatively, lower antibiotic use ...

An unadjusted multivariate analysis revealed that patients who received antibiotics had higher odds of the primary composite outcome (OR 1.33, 95% CI 1.31-1.35, P<0.001). Two other propensity ...

A pharmacist warns that certain medications may put people at greater risk of dehydration, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.