Antibiotics

A man in his 80s from metropolitan Adelaide is in a stable condition in hospital, after being diagnosed with invasive meningococcal disease identified as serogroup B. SA Health has identified multiple people who have come in contact with the case and two people have been directed to receive clearance antibiotics…

Quick Bites The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed nearly 20,000 cases of cyclosporiasis since May 1 . That compares to 1,180 confirmed cases in 2025. This year’s total includes multiple outbreaks of Cyclospora infection, including the largest ever outbreak from the parasite linked to iceberg lettuce…

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Clinicians are raising concerns about "medical emergency kits" containing antibiotics and other prescription medications that are being sold for at-home use and promoted by media celebrities like Drew Pinsky, MD, better known as "Dr. Drew." One such kit, sold by the Wellness Company, retails for $299 and claims to treat…

Biologists studying how bacteria break down a new generation of plant-based bioplastics — long-chain aliphatic polyesters — have discovered an enzyme that can dismantle both plastic and antibiotics. SEM images of LCAP films incubated undisturbed for more than a year in pristine forest soil. The arrow in panel (d) points…

A combination of omega-3 and low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) performed about as well as antibiotics in a yearlong study of people with severe periodontitis, raising the possibility of an alternative treatment for some patients. The research was conducted by scientists affiliated with Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, Guarulhos University (UNG), the…

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Medications can influence the community of microbes living in the human gut long after a person stops taking them, according to a large study led by researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Genomics. The findings suggest that a person's prescription history may help explain differences in the gut…

You’re a conscientious person reading a conscientious science publication, so you probably know that you’re supposed to finish the entire course of antibiotics a doctor prescribes you—even if you’re already feeling better. You may have even found an expired, half-full bottle of amoxicillin in a friend’s medicine cabinet, and shuddered…