Once it gets into the body, through wounds or medical tubes, it can cause an infection that could kill someone already weakened by illness. In Britain, it is estimated that MRSA and other ...

MRSA is a super bacteria that can cause serious infections which are resistant to antibiotic treatments. The superbug is particularly prevalent in hospitals because patients often have an entry ...

A newly developed laboratory tool can, within hours, help to identify specific viruses which can be used to destroy variants ...

An alarming number of residents in nursing homes for veterans are susceptible to acquiring a superbug after admission, with over one-third already ...

However, what surveillance? Passive surveillance, that is, testing those who have clinical signs or symptoms of MRSA infection, or active surveillance, that is, testing those at high risk for ...

The antibiotic teixobactin—developed a decade ago by Northeastern University professors Kim Lewis and Slava Epstein in ...

Since 2022, the Hannover Medical School, in cooperation with Viromed Medical AG, has been investigating the safety of cold plasma in bacterial infections of the respiratory tract using respiratory ...