New antibiotics are not being developed quickly enough to keep pace with the rapid spread of superbugs, a new report from the ...

After a routine C-section at an Auckland hospital, a mother developed severe pain and what seemed like postnatal fatigue. It turned out to be an infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...

Britons have been urged to avoid sharing towels or razors as officials closely monitor an increase in cases of superbug MRSA being contracted in places such as gyms and health clubs. A total of 175 ...

In the arms race against drug-resistant infections, humans have been falling behind - no major antibiotic has been discovered ...

Brits have been urged to avoid sharing towels or razors amid an increase in cases of MRSA being contracted in the community. Data shows a total of 175 people were infected with the superbug outside of ...

As the global health community grapples with the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, researchers at the University of Regina in Canada have found promise in a powerful but often ...

Asian outbreaks of a notorious antibiotic-resistant super-germ are being driven by a gene that helps the bug colonise the nostrils, lungs and skin and evade the immune defences, scientists said on ...

LOS ANGELES -- Several Los Angeles police officers have contracted a possible skin infection, the department said Tuesday. The three officers were stationed at the West Valley station in Reseda, which ...

Two people who died at the UCLA's Ronald Reagan Medical Center are among seven patients that UCLA has identified as infected by the deadly superbug CRE, the Los Angeles Times reports today. CRE, or ...

MRSA infections may be on the decline, but today scientists announced the apparent emergence of a new superbug. It seems to be spreading to Britain via patients who traveled from India and Pakistan.

From 2005 to 2008, the number of new infections caused by MRSA — the deadly methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus — fell by an average of 9.4% each year in hospitals and of 5.7% each year in ...

Sept. 30 -- MONDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new test that can detect skin infections, including antibiotic-resistant infections such as the so ...