Long-acting lipoglycopeptides are as effective as standard-of-care antibiotics in treating serious bacterial infections in ...

Taking antibiotics when they are not necessary may lead to antibiotic resistance – i.e. an infection where antibiotics can't help – which is bad for your personal health and bad for global health.

Brad Spellberg, MD, urges rethinking the ‘finish the course’ dogma for antibiotics: Extra days may do more harm than good.

How long it takes for antibiotics to work depends on factors like the type and severity of the infection, the type of antibiotic and health status.

Antibiotics are powerful drugs that treat many bacterial infections, but medical experts fear they may be overprescribed, which can encourage the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

The percentage of antibiotics used for growth promotion is a matter of dispute, because the Food and Drug Administration's annual report on antibiotic use in farm animals doesn't provide that data.

The one rule about antibiotics that has been drilled into our heads for generations is that you absolutely must take the full course — or else something very bad might happen. Is it time to ...