A new gene-editing tool enables precise study of the variable proteins that allow malaria parasites to stick to red blood cells and evade the immune system.

Analysis - The discovery of antibiotics is one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. Before antibiotics, childbirth, a urinary tract infection, or a simple cut could lead to death ...

Some conservatives have promoted raw milk, which health secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he drinks, but how safe is it?

New therapies could prevent the adjustments in intestinal bacteria that enable them to survive in inflamed regions ...

Antibiotics have been used as growth enhancers to minimise diarrhoea and pathogenic opportunistic infections and maximise the ...

Karina Khatic has seen firsthand the misuse of pharmaceuticals and the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) they can cause.

According to WHO, Anti-microbial resistance (AMR) makes infections harder to treat and makes other medical procedures and treatments – such as surgery, caesarean sections and cancer chemotherapy – ...

The IWK Health Centre, a major women's and children's hospital in Halifax, has seen a surge in walking pneumonia cases. This ...

In recent times, the utilization of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) has increased. By employing ECMO in the ICU, ...

The Nuffield Bullock Award recognises those who have made the best use of their Nuffield scholarship in the 10 years since ...

Analysis of clinical isolates of E coli ST131 identified 18 different carbapenemase genes, which could limit treatment ...