A natural antibacterial molecule shows clinical promise. Its unusual binding site is on an excellent target: ...

That process led to the group discovering a lasso peptide that exhibited broad-spectrum antibiotic activity and was effective at killing both gram-positive and gram-negative pathogenic bacteria, along ...

Roughly one out of three women ages 14-49 in the United States develop a vaginal bacterial imbalance known as bacterial vaginosis (BV) during their lifetime.

Nearly a third of species of fungi assessed by an international conservation group are at risk of extinction from threats ...

Anthrax, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is often treatable in its early stages. But once ...

Anthrax, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is often treatable in its early stages. But once ...

Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem. More and more bacteria are becoming immune to medicines, making infections increasingly difficult to ...

Small amounts of a common antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drug can help treat a rare hair loss problem caused by a misplaced ...

The parents of the unvaccinated 6-year-old girl who died from the measles are speaking out — but not in favor of vaccination.