A flesh-eating bacterium lurking in Gulf waters and oysters has killed five people in Louisiana this year. Health officials ...

At some point in their life, your horse is likely to be prescribed a course of antibiotics by a vet. Potentially, they will ...

Albert Allison, 88, shows a fish he caught on Aug. 30, 2025 near his Naples home. The next day while fishing on a dock in ...

Antibiotics like amoxicillin can increase your risk of developing a yeast infection. This happens because antibiotics can also kill off "good" bacteria that help keep yeast from overgrowing. Jump to ...

A wearable wound monitoring device, featuring integrated sensors that promise to reduce infection risks by minimizing the need for frequent physical contact, has been developed by a team of ...

The term “flesh-eating bacteria” refers to bacteria that cause necrotizing fasciitis that destroys the soft tissue, particularly the fascial layer underneath the skin. Individuals with suspected cases ...

(NEXSTAR) – In the wake of multiple cases of flesh-eating bacteria in Florida, some people may be wondering what they can do to protect themselves while on vacation or just enjoying a day at the local ...

Objectives Prescribing antibiotics may reinforce patients’ beliefs that antibiotics are needed and increase future consultations for similar symptoms. This review determines the effect of antibiotic ...

Researchers from RMIT University have developed a wearable wound monitoring device with integrated sensors that could reduce infection risks by minimising the need for frequent physical contact.

The Louisiana Department of Health is urging residents to take precautions to prevent infection from Vibrio vulnificus. The department is seeing a higher number of Vibrio vulnificus cases and deaths ...

There is a lack of evidence to inform guidelines about antibiotic treatment for non-tuberculous mycobacteria in people with cystic fibrosis. Larger and more standardised studies looking at both ...

As I head into my 25th year of working as a clinical infectious diseases pharmacist, one of the most important working relationships of my career is with the infection prevention department. One of my ...