There have been 20 cases since the weekend in one small area of Kent - but this isn't the normal pattern, so what could have ...

A new study found that a multifaceted infection prevention and control intervention could at least temporarily thwart ...

Extensive application of the weed killer in Argentina may be unintentionally selecting for bacteria already resistant to many ...

Health experts say they have identified some mutations to the strain of meningitis B bacteria that is responsible for the ...

To assess whether weedkiller was also contributing to antibiotic resistance, researchers in Argentina and at the Karlsruhe ...

An urgent warning has been issued over the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that has the potential to reach the UK. Antimicrobial resistant bacteria is spreading rapidly among children being ...

Scientists at Arizona State University have uncovered surprising new ways bacteria move, even without their usual whip-like propellers called flagella. In one study, E. coli and salmonella were found ...

Escherichia coli (E. coli), a type of bacteria commonly found in the human gut, could spread as quickly as swine flu, new research suggests. For the first time, researchers at the Wellcome Sanger ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 2019 and 2023, there was a 460% increase in ...

In crowded hospitals with limited resources, these bacteria can spread easily from child to child. Without urgent action, more children could die from infections that used to be easy to treat." This ...