Antibiotics

The parents of a Cork schoolgirl who suffered “a horrendous death” from an invasive Group A Strep infection have expressed a fervent hope doctors will learn from the failure of a GP to recognise the urgency of their daughters’ condition, which was treatable if it had been diagnosed in time.…

Scientists are putting the pedal to the metal to develop new antibiotics. Metal-based drugs can open a new world of medicine, especially as antimicrobial resistance is growing. Researchers have also found a way to create and test these metal compounds much faster than before through the use of robots. Researchers…

Epstein alleged Gates had engaged in extramarital affairs. FILE PHOTO: Bill Gates (REUTERS) Extramarital affairs, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and antibiotics have been associated with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in the fresh cache of files from the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. These new emails were included in a…

Calling for doubling of allocations to the National Health Mission, JSA said, it should be used for strengthening and expansion of health services, improvement of health and wellness centres, and ensuring justice to health staff, including ASHAs and contractual workers | Photo Credit: Getty Images Civil society group Jan Swasthya…

A woman in her 30's from metropolitan Adelaide is in a critical condition in hospital, after being diagnosed with invasive meningococcal disease identified as serotype B. SA Health has identified multiple people who have been in contact with the case and two people have been directed to receive clearance antibiotics…

Researchers have successfully replaced a section of the antibiotic-synthesizing enzyme PikAIII-M5, advancing our understanding of its structure and function and moving us closer to the creation of synthetic antibiotics. Credit: Tohoku University Macrolides are an important class of antibiotics that includes drugs such as azithromycin and erythromycin, which are widely…

Researchers found that a common antibiotic-resistant bacterium prevents wounds from healing by chemically paralyzing skin cells rather than attacking them directly. Scientists from an international research group led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have identified an approach that may help chronic wounds heal faster...Read More

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 3, January 2026. SignificanceThe bacterium that causes tuberculosis,Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is inherently resistant to many antibiotics. The mechanisms that mediate this resistance are not yet fully understood. Here, we identify a protein, here named TapA, that is ...Read More

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 3, January 2026. SignificanceTreatment options for life-threatening kidney and intestinal diseases caused by EnterohemorrhagicEscherichia coli(EHEC)—affecting 265,000 people, especially children, per annum in the United States—are limited as antibiotics are ...Read More

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 3, January 2026. SignificanceAntibiotic failure is a major clinical problem that cannot always be explained by traditional resistance mechanisms. This study reveals that the host immune protein calprotectin, which is abundant at infection sites, can interfere with β...Read More