The Crisis of Antibiotic Resistance

A patient with extensively drug-resistant TB flew from Mumbai to Chicago, and the deadly disease could become an infamous export due to problems in India's public health system

Nobelist Venki Ramakrishnan recommends an array of steps, including international cooperation

Penicillin and its relatives have been in wide use since the 1940s, but researchers have only now discovered another way that it thwarts bacteria. Karen Hopkin reports

 

Faeces from antibiotic-free cows helps resistant bacteria to flourish in soil, puzzling researchers.

A new science advisory panel assessment sparks executive actions to tamp down the threat of a future without lifesaving drugs

Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria, and in the great war between humans and pathogenic bacteria they can act as allies for both sides.

If you ever worry that you’re a bit too optimistic about the future, try reading Maryn McKenna’s posts about the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.

Widespread antibiotic resistance is no longer a potential problem but has become a major threat, according to the World Health Organization.

To check the advance of antibiotic resistance, we’ve got to get smarter about dispensing drugs

Although the total number of TB cases is falling worldwide, more dangerous strains appear to be proliferating

Real-time genetic sequencing could keep hospital outbreaks in check

Gonorrhea, once a minor illness, is developing resistance to the last category of drugs that still works against it and could become untreatable