Scientists have discovered two bacteria with great antibiotic potential in a river in Chile. The breakthrough comes as the search for new bacteria to develop antibiotics is one of humankind’s…
The oldest known sample of an E. coli bacteria has been extracted from a 16th-century Italian mummy by an international team of researchers. Modern E. coli bacteria is often found…
Strains of "superpower" bacteria that could cause the world's next deadly pandemic has been discovered by scientists in Antarctica. Researchers found that the bacteria have a built-in resistance to antibiotics…
Nano-sized robots manipulated using a magnetic field can help kill bacteria deep inside teeth to ensure the success of root canal treatments after the living tissue has been removed. Root…
A new study that involved an expert from the University of Cambridge has uncovered that hedgehogs harboured antibiotic-resistant bacteria - widely regarded these days as 'hospital germs' - 100 years…
A new species of smelly frog that can offer hope for new types of antibiotics has been discovered at the China-Myanmar border. The new frog species Dulong River Stink Frog…
These images show how the skin of a young woman flaked off and she went blind after accidentally being given antibiotics in hospital despite warning them that she was allergic.…
This is the social media influencer and travel vlogger who sparked fury by travelling to an impoverished island and refusing to self isolate despite suffering from a virus-like infection that…
These two female doctors are set to stand trial for murder after being accused of purposefully injecting a premature newborn baby with little chance of survival with a lethal dose…
This footage shows seemingly dead chickens and others with breathing problems on farms where the animals are allegedly pumped with antibiotics to keep them alive long enough to be sold…