Taking probiotics with antibiotics can help protect the gut from the negative effects of antibiotics. But some people may ...

Clindamycin and erythromycin inhibit protein synthesis by irreversibly binding to the ribosomal 50S subunit of P. acnes (Physician's Desk Reference, 2001). Whereas erythromycin is bactericidal ...

An antibiotic developed some 80 years ago before being abandoned and forgotten could again offer exciting new solutions, this time to the emerging threat of drug-resistant superbugs. Half of the ...

Pink cocaine is an unpredictable party drug mix often containing ketamine, MDMA, and other substances, but it rarely contains actual cocaine. Due to batch-to-batch variability, users can't predict ...

Federal officials have celebrated a striking drop in drug overdoses across the country. But state-level data shows that Black people are suffering significantly worse outcomes than white people.

When bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics, it can be deadly, but researchers have now decoded part of the bacteria's defence mechanism. Imagine falling seriously ill with an infection.

LOS ANGELES — A 7-day antibiotic course for treating hospitalized patients’ bloodstream infection (BSI) was just as effective as a 14-day course, according to new data from a seven-country ...