HEALTH New antibiotic kills deadly, drug-resistant bacteria in ‘scientific breakthrough’ In animal studies, zosurabalpin was shown effective against a harmful bacteria that primarily affects ...

New drugs that target 'zombie' tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...

Scientists say they have developed a new type of antibiotic to treat bacteria that is resistant to most current antibiotics and kills a large percentage of people with an invasive infection. The ...

A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a new study finds. This could put the medication, called gepotidacin, on ...

New antibiotics are needed to help turn the tide, but developing them takes time. Now, IBM Research has put AI to work on the task, producing two promising new drug candidates very quickly.

But the uptake of new antibiotics has been slow. A report on 17 new antibiotics marketed in the United States over the past five years showed only three with sales over $100 million per year.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first drug in a new class of antibiotics for treating urinary tract infections — the first time that’s happened in nearly 30 years ...

Some new medications in development are also trying to solve for a persistent side effect of existing drugs: Patients who ...

A few of the new drugs, such as a combination antibiotic marketed in the U.S. as Avycaz, have gradually replaced colistin, a highly toxic 1950s compound that was brought back in 2000 because of ...