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The New York Post just published an infectious disease alert around “White Plague”. This seems to be their new term for TB. The alarm is that it has now again taken over as the #1 infectious [...]

Shionogi’s new deal with Swiss biotech BioVersys — a package worth more than $600 million in milestones — is a fresh reminder that serious money is still flowing into the antibiotic space. Even [...]

Two researchers at the University of Michigan were charged today on several counts, including smuggling the harmful Fusarium fungus into the US. Fusarium graminearum is a harmful fungus that [...]

Kansas is currently experiencing its largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in history, according to Ashley Goss, deputy secretary at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Speaking before [...]

The GRAM report, published in The Lancet, reveals a concerning trend in deaths caused by antibiotic-resistant infections. It predicts that the number of deaths will increase from 1.14 million in [...]

As the pandemic of COVID-19 demonstrated, beneficial outcomes can occur when government and industry recognize a public health threat and work together. Unfortunately, the same sense of urgency [...]

In a recent study conducted at the ADA Forsyth Institute, researchers used a specific type of agent to remove Fusobacterium nucleatum from the mouths of patients with periodontitis without [...]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its latest report on antibacterial agents, including antibiotics in clinical and preclinical development worldwide. The latest annual report on [...]

Public health officials warned of an ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Long Beach, California, prompting a declaration of a health emergency. They estimate 170 people have been exposed, with 9 [...]

Antibiotics play a crucial role in modern medicine, helping to treat complications arising from cancer treatments, joint replacements, dialysis, organ transplants, cesarean sections, and many [...]