The way antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armour of bacteria has been revealed in stunning detail by high-resolution ...

The number of infections by drug-resistant, “nightmare bacteria” rose by almost 70 percent between 2019 and 2023 in the United States, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

The infection rate of one type of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bacteria has risen by more than 460 percent in recent ...

You’ve probably heard the term “nightmare bacteria” floating around the news, and no, it’s not just a dramatic headline.

Infections caused by ‘nightmare bacteria’, a deadly drug-resistant pathogen, are on a surge in the US, according to the ...

Government scientists say infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” have been increasing dramatically.

Foodborne illnesses are on the rise in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which issued a food safety alert this week about an E. coli outbreak linked to ...

For most people, swimming in a lake or river is the best way to cool off on a hot summer's day. But there are more than frogs and fish in those waters – microscopic pathogens that can cause serious ...

Polar bears face mounting challenges in a changing, warming world, mostly related to their waning wintery wonderland habitats. But they may be increasingly infected with germs and parasites, too.

A polar bear walks on ice after pulling iself out of the Chukchi Sea on June 14, 2014. Even though the Chukchi Sea polar bear population has fared better than others in the rapidly warming Arctic ...