Recent studies prove the ancient practice of nasal irrigation is effective at fighting the common cold
It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your throat. Then, a sneeze. Then coughing, sniffling…
Antibiotics Turned This Woman’s Limbs Into an Unsettling Horrorshow
A woman’s skin care treatment inadvertently turned into its own nightmare. A recent case report describes how she…
Neanderthals May Have Used the World’s First Antibiotic 50,000 Years Ago
Creating birch tar using Neanderthal methods. Image credits: University of Cologne. If you were a Neanderthal hunter 50,000…
Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar as Natural Antibiotic
New experiments show that tar made from birch bark — long known as a tool adhesive — can…
Combinations of colistin and bacteriocins prevent the selection of colistin resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii
Gigante, V. et al. Multi-year analysis of the global preclinical antibacterial pipeline: trends and gaps. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother.…
Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Strain Found Preserved in 5,000-Year-Old Cave Ice
Scientists have isolated a new strain of the Psychrobacter cryohalolentis species from 5,000-year-old ice from Scarisoara Ice Cave…
Researchers discover 5,000-year-old bacteria resistant to modern antibiotics
Frozen bacteria kept for 5,000 years in an underground cave have been found to be resistant to modern…
Device Suggests Correct Antibiotic in 36 Minutes
If new research holds up, doctors may be able to get lab-style answers on pathogens before they’ve…
Kiwi scientists decode antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Andrea Graves New Zealand Listener· 2 Feb, 2026 05:04 PM4 mins to read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald…
Which European countries use the most antibiotics?
Health experts have called on Europe to curb its reliance on antibiotics as the threat of drug resistance…
Why you shouldn’t skip your medication over the holidays
Many people are officially out of office, and while December is filled with lots of festivities and travelling,…
Antibiotics Up Risk for Skin Events in Cancer Immunotherapy
TOPLINE: In a retrospective cohort study, patients who used antibiotics during immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy had an…