A new tool may one day identify if your sniffles are the result of a viral or bacterial infection in less than an hour.

Poop samples from chimpanzees and baboons show that people are passing antibiotic resistance to the animals they live near, researchers report.

Over-the-counter antibiotic ointments may not be the healers we thought. They may even slow healing of scrapes, cuts, and other minor skin lacerations.

A new way to fine-tune a molecular "assembly line" could allow scientists to improve existing antibiotics and design new ones more quickly and efficiently.

A new antibiotic compound clears infection of multi-drug resistant gonorrhea in mice in a single oral dose.

Doppler lets researchers peer inside cells to see if they're harmful. It could help fight food-based pathogens and antibiotic resistance.

Doppler lets researchers peer inside cells to see if they're harmful. It could help fight food-based pathogens and antibiotic resistance.

Study suggests forcing bacteria to burn more energy could make them more susceptible to antibiotics.

A new study on the overuse of antibiotics highlights the need for more education and awareness, for both doctors and patients.