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A scientific journey decades in the making at Duke University has found a new antibiotic strategy to defeat gram-negative bacteria like Salmonella, Pseudomonas and E. coli, the culprits in…

Using an artificial intelligence algorithm, researchers at MIT and McMaster University have identified a new antibiotic that can kill a type of bacteria that is responsible for many…

Jonathan Stokes, an assistant professor of biochemistry and biomedical sciences at McMaster University, explained that Acinetobacter can survive on hospital surfaces for extended periods…

The FDA has approved sulbactam-durlobactam (Xacduro) for healthcare-acquired…

Much of what is now considered modern medicine originated as folk remedies or traditional, Indigenous practices. These customs are still alive today, and they could help address a variety of…

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30-60% of patients infected with this fungus died, however many had co-occurring conditions that raised their risk of…

Shigellosis, a highly contagious diarrheal disease, is caused by Shigella bacteria circulating in industrializing countries but also in industrialized countries. Scientists from the French…

Physician’s Briefing Staff MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Public health officials are warning about an increase in drug-resistant strains of…

Healthcare professionals should be on the lookout for an increase in extensively…