Typhoid fever is a particularly unpleasant bacterial infection that can spread throughout the body and, according to the NHS, ...

A good gut is the holy grail of health. Barely a week goes by without a new study or expert singing the praises of a ...

Dispensing antibiotics too often to babies and toddlers could leave the youngsters vulnerable to developing allergies and asthma, according to a team of US-based doctors and scientists.Extra ...

A new study on Lyme disease sheds light on the persistence of symptoms; another new study points to an antibiotic that may be ...

The World Health Organization estimates that about 9 million people become ill from the life-threatening infection and ...

Mice overcame a Lyme disease infection after being given an antibiotic that is often used for pneumonia, and its effect on ...

A new study reveals that overusing antibiotics in children under 2 may raise the risk of asthma and food allergies later in ...

A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a ...

Potentially 315 million people in India could be exposed to environmental risks arising from rivers contaminated with ...

Exposure to antibiotics prior to age 2 is associated with a 24% increased risk of asthma and 33% increased risk of food allergies in later childhood, researchers reported recently in the Journal of ...

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma have made a discovery that could potentially revolutionize treatments for ...

Bacteria resistant to antibiotics are linked to millions of deaths per year, but researchers may have found a way to defeat ...