British physician and microbiologist Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin nearly 100 years ago, was the first to warn ...

Vatican authorities said Monday that Pope Francis has a complex infection in his respiratory system and will require more targeted drug treatment. Here's what to know.

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Eight green sea turtles were released back into the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, nearly a month after an arctic blast brought a ...

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Researchers have proven that antibiotic-resistant strains of a harmful bacteria thrive in a diabetic infection environment.

Early signs of whooping cough in adults look very much like a common cold, Dr. Loafman says. For the first week or so of ...

Was it simply a fluke that he kept treating strikingly young patients? Or was his practice one tiny data point in a larger trend? He found his answer after sifting through national health data: ...

Study results indicated that controlling diabetes with insulin helps to prevent the emergence of antibiotic-resistant S.