Human history was forever changed with the discovery of antibiotics in 1928. Infectious diseases such as pneumonia, ...

Antibiotics work by killing bacteria and preventing them from multiplying. Common antibiotics include penicillin and amoxicillin. Doctors may also use azithromycin and doxycycline for certain ...

Searching for new antibiotics typically involves sinking considerable resources into screening thousands of chemicals that kill bacteria and figuring out how they work. Most of these chemicals are ...