Antibiotics

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, impervious to the usual drugs, are on the rise, leading scientists to look into using viruses to fight them instead.

There were about 30 percent more cases of syphilis across the U.S. in 2021 than in 2020.

The fungal infection Candida auris has seen huge spikes in cases across the United States, mostly affecting patients already in the hospital.

The 18-year-old patient was also suffering from a fever, vomiting, and yellowing of the skin and eyes.

Moving drug production overseas lowered labor costs and increased corporate profits, but it came with a cost.

Despite having their lower leg chopped off with no antibiotics or painkillers, the individual lived for a number of years after the amputation.

Researchers were reportedly testing a cholera-causing bacteria's ability to survive in water in the Mapocho River when they made the find.

Susi Feltch-Malohifo'ou was bitten by spiders 15 times and is now thought to have a flesh-eating bacterial infection called necrotizing fasciitis.

As most infections are seeded by a patient's own microbiota, resistance-gaining recurrences can be predicted and minimized.

The gene, MCR-9.1, can fight back against the last-resort drug colistin and was identified in a sample from a Georgia wastewater treatment plant.

KFC has come under fire a number of times in recent years for all kinds of accusations including racism, serving old food, and mutant chickens.

"This groundbreaking work signifies a paradigm shift in antibiotic discovery and indeed in drug discovery more generally," said researcher Roy Kishony.

But scientists stressed untreated infections are greater risk to a fetus than antibiotics.

There is an urgent need for new antibiotics as more bacteria become resistant to existing drugs.

"Inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics is a major public health problem, as it contributes to antibiotic resistance," experts warned.

"If you feel you are sick, it is important to seek care for proper diagnosis," an expert told "Newsweek."

According to the World Heath Organization, antibiotic resistance is an "increasingly serious threat to global public health that requires action across all government sectors and society."

This enables germs to go under the radar and avoid being picked up by drugs.

The procedure uses healthy stool filled with "good" bacteria to restore balance to digestive systems weakened by antibiotics.

"I could have lost a finger or hand, or the way the doctor described it, even worse," fisherman Colby Milward said.

Many "anti-vax" parents see themselves as experts on their own children.

Medical researchers have known for decades that the pipeline for new drugs to stave off bacterial infections would one day run dry. That day is now at hand.

Antibiotics have saved countless lives over the years, but as deadly bacteria grow immune, those miracle drugs stop working.

"The bacteria explosively eats away at the patients cornea in a matter of days," the doctor warned.

The suspect was indicted Tuesday for stealing "pre-retail" prescription medications, mislabeling them so as to "defraud or mislead," misusing someone's health information and violating a court order preventing him from packing a firearm.

55-year-old woman developed condition through a reaction to antibiotics.

Researchers hope to harness the body's own defenses to fight potentially deadly bacteria.

Alexa Juckiewicz-Caspell had to learn how to speak and breathe again after she developed Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

Current treatments can cause nasty side effects including burning and aching muscles.

One key factor is that people only take antibiotics for a short period of time, just until an infection clears.