Antibiotics

Close contacts of people linked to the outbreak in the London commuter town are being offered antibiotics as a precaution. Here's everything we know about the outbreak: What do we know about the cases? Two patients being treated for the disease attend Reading Blue Coat School and Highdown Secondary School…

The Left and Democrats claim they don't know what a woman is, but they know what one is well enough to send her abortion pills through the mail. After years of seemingly being unable to come up with a definition for the fairer sex, the Left has now decided they…

Anyone who has suffered from a urinary tract infection (UTI) has likely heard the advice to drink more cranberry juice. Its impact on warding off UTIs is still disputed, but research has now determined that it may counter antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause the infections. A new study published…

Kids seen by primary care clinicians for acute respiratory tract infections were prescribed antibiotics less often during telemedicine visits versus in-person visits in a cross-sectional study. The difference was driven by more telemedicine diagnoses of viral infections and sinusitis versus more in-person diagnoses of acute otitis media and streptococcal pharyngitis.…

Salmonella, a bacterium associated with chicken and other food birds, is already a common concern in poultry care, and consumers are generally educated on how to safely handle poultry products at home. Although unpleasant, a Salmonella infection usually passes after a couple of days and only requires managing symptoms, like…

More than 2.7 tonnes of antibiotics were used at a Tasmanian salmon farm lease in just two months, but the total amount that entered public waterways over summer remains under wraps. The Tasmanian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released its report on the use of florfenicol in the Zuidpool lease…

You wake up with that familiar urgency to go to the toilet and burning when you pee – and no matter how many times you go, that urgency doesn’t let up. You know exactly what it is: a urinary tract infection, or UTI. UTIs are common, affecting half of all…

— Increased risks observed for analgesics and corticosteroids, among others, in Swedish study April 3, 2026 • 3 min read Commonly prescribed antibiotics and non-antibiotic drugs were associated with significantly increased odds of Clostridioides difficile infection in a case-control study. Non-antibiotic drugs with the greatest observed risks for C. difficile…

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— Study address key concern with nonoperative management of appendicitis March 26, 2026 • 3 min read A key concern with antibiotic-only management of appendicitis is the delayed diagnosis of incidental appendiceal neoplasms. Among 2,293 appendectomies in this study, 1.6% had malignant or premalignant lesions, most commonly small and low-grade…