A new study provides important insights into the spread of antibiotic resistance (ABR) in different river systems. The study, ...

The antibiotic teixobactin—developed a decade ago by Northeastern University professors Kim Lewis and Slava Epstein in ...

Some notoriously difficult to treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to new research using a microfluidic device that more closely duplicates the fluid ...

Increasing antibiotic dosage isn’t the only way to fight resistance—adjusting how drugs are delivered could be the game ...

Increased antibiotic use can lead, seemingly paradoxically, to more problematic infections, as the bacteria evolve to resist ...

The microscopic shards of plastic found in every corner of the planet may be exacerbating antibiotic resistance, a new study has found.

Increased antibiotic use can lead, seemingly paradoxically, to more problematic infections, as the bacteria evolve to resist ...

Litter near the Charles River. For 10 to 15 days, Nelia Gross, a PhD candidate studying materials science and engineering, and other researchers incubated several types of microplastics with E. coli, ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical global issue, contributing to increased morbidity and mortality, prolonged hospital ...

Campylobacter infections are the most common foodborne illnesses in the U.S., sickening an estimated 1.5 million people each ...

Microplastics have made their way up food chains, accumulated in oceans, clustered in clouds and on mountains.