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Rifaximin is commonly used to treat liver disease

‘Surprising’ finding by Australian-led study is first recorded instance of one antibiotic causing resistance to another in a different class

Opposition Senate leader floats idea of penalties for bad behaviour; Australian-led study links an untreatable superbug to an antibiotic

Dairy products can affect the way certain medications work. But why?

Fungi are known for causing superficial infections of the nails, skin and hair, but they can also cause systemic infections that can have much more serious health implications. Indeed, over 6.5 million people are infected yearly with a life-threatening fungal infection, leading to 3.8 million deaths.

Findings come amid growing concerns about overuse of medicines in farm animals and rise of superbugs

High levels of antibiotics and other drugs have been found in water in the country’s most treasured and protected landscapes, raising concerns over antimicrobial resistance

As antimicrobial resistance threatens medical progress, doctors like Sylvia Omulo are looking for clues to help us heal.

Global leaders are meeting to address the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance – millions will die unless solutions are found, says Dame Sally Davies, the UK government’s special envoy on AMR

In promising experiments, phage therapy forces bacteria into a no-win dilemma that lowers their defenses against drugs they’d evolved to withstand

New research in The Lancet underscores our growing antibiotic resistance crisis