and combination vaccines would best achieve goals for limiting antibiotic resistance." The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today confirmed 62 ...

A family member of two workers at an Otago chicken farm which is at the centre of New Zealand’s first confirmed case of bird ...

Taking antibiotics while ill with the flu may increase the risk of developing bacterial pneumonia, according to new findings from researchers at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai. Researchers found ...

Natasha Bagdasarian said. Dr. Bagdasarian says overuse of antibiotics, especially during cold and flu season, can lead to more bacteria becoming resistant. “Antibiotics work against bacteria ...

Antibiotic use during influenza infection increases lung eosinophils, impairing immunity against secondary bacterial pneumonia. This study highlights the detrimental effects of antibiotics on lung ...

In the caption, the NHS further explained: 'Children often don’t need antibiotics because most childhood infections are caused by viruses, like colds and the flu, which antibiotics cannot treat. 'When ...

Receiving no antibiotics for a cold or flu does not mean no treatment. It just means a different approach. One way to start the conversation about whether or not an antibiotic is really necessary is ...

Health officials in British Columbia, Canada, have closed for now their investigation into how a teenager there became infected with H5N1 bird flu because they have run out of leads to pursue, ...

Otago egg farm, weather conditions hinder search for three missing climbers and health care workers on strike. Video / NZ Herald The number of chickens needing to be culled has doubled as bird flu ...