superbugs

Like every industry, modern farming relies heavily on plastics. Think plastic mulch lining vegetable beds, PVC pipes draining water from fields, polyethylene covering high tunnels, and plastic seed, fertilizer, and herbicide packaging, to…

This story is part of CBC Health's Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here.Glenn Barr was returning…

A new powerful antibiotic, isolated from bacteria that could not be studied before, seems capable to combat harmful bacteria and even multi-resistant 'superbugs'. Named Clovibactin, the antibiotic appears to kill bacteria in an unusual way,…

The World Health Organization lists bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics as one of the top 10 global health threats. Therefore, researchers are looking for new antibiotics to counter this resistance. Adéla Melcrová, biophysicist at…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Pfizer Inc said on Thursday data from late-stage trials showed its experimental combination of antibiotics was effective…

This representational picture shows a scientist storing various drugs. — Unsplash/ FileScientists have discovered an antibiotic, with the use of artificial intelligence (AI),  that is able to kill deadly superbugs like Acinetobacter…

Researchers have used a common disinfectant and antiseptic to create a new antimicrobial coating material that effectively kills bacteria and viruses, including MRSA and SARS-COV-2. Scientists at the University of Nottingham's School of…

A new test revealed that FDA-approved antibiotics -- available at your neighborhood pharmacy -- can effectively treat superbugs. They are not prescribed, however, because the gold-standard test predicts they will not work. The new test may…

UK approves first new antibiotic in more than 20 years that kills superbugs, which cause 10,000 UTIs every year, and outperforms drug currently available to NHS patientsStudy shows antibiotic gepotidacin is highlight effective…

Researchers at Simon Fraser University are studying the genes of superbugs to aid the development of new and effective treatments for drug-resistant bacterial infections. Superbugs are characterized as infection-causing bacteria resistant…