Nonprescription antibiotic use a cause for concern
Some people in the U.S. are using antibiotics without a prescription, a trend that could increase the threat of drug resistance, according to new research. The study defined nonprescription antibiotic use as obtaining, storing, taking or intending to…
Antibiotic helps prevent childhood deaths, but raises concerns of drug resistance
Mass administration of the antibiotic azithromycin to children between the ages of 1 and 9 in Ethiopia significantly reduced deaths when compared with children that weren’t given the antibiotic, according to new research. The drug was administered to…
Seeking the Path of Least Resistance
Rising antibiotic resistance is not just a medical crisis. It's a scientific, economic, political, and moral problem. Can we act before it's too late?
Q&A: Pandemic Unpreparedness
The world must better prepare for the next inevitable microbial threat, whether expanding drug resistance, a new strain of influenza, or another infection like AIDS, Ebola, Zika, or SARS.