The Latest Breaking News from Antibiotics

Calling in the animal drug detectives − helping veterinarians help beluga whales, goats and all creatures big and small

In my work as a veterinary pharmacologist, I never know exactly what I’m going to get when I open my email. It could be a request from a veterinarian asking my team to determine the concentration of a drug to treat the shell of a turtle infected with fungal disease.…

The Conversation · Sep 26, 2025

'Nightmare bacteria' infections are on the rise in the US

Though the numbers are still small, the rate of US cases jumped more than fivefold in recent years.

Euronews · Sep 24, 2025

‘Lyme disease ruined my life – I was misdiagnosed with hypochondria and depression for over 20 years’

AS TOLD TO : Frédéric Roscop, 49, contracted Lyme disease aged five years old but wasn’t diagnosed with it until his mid-thirties. He tells Charlotte Cripps about his lifelong battle with the disease, along with co-infections and associated mental health challenges, and how he found his way to a normal…

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025

Unproven Lyme disease tests and treatments are proliferating

The complexity of diagnosing Lyme disease has given rise to an entire industry of unapproved tests and alternative treatments, including lasers, herbal remedies and electromagnets

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025

73 Interesting Scientific Facts That Are Also A Bit Eerie

Too scary to think about?

Bored Panda · Sep 4, 2025

Lay Off Our Eggs Market, French Producers Tell Ukraine

The leading French eggs association has sounded alarm over the import of hundreds of thousands of eggs from Ukraine, warning they breach with European production standards and may contain banned antibiotics.

International Business Times · Aug 29, 2025

Medicines regulator approves first new antibiotic for UTIs in almost 30 years

Gepotidacin, also known as Blujepa, can be used by women in the UK who suffer recurring infections, the MHRA said.

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

Breakthrough hailed as ‘crucial’ UTI drug gets green light for NHS use

A UTI is a bladder infection, usually caused by bacteria like E.coli, and they are much more common in women

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

Environmental antibiotic resistance unevenly addressed despite growing global risk, study finds

In his 1941 novel The Library of Babel, Jorge Luis Borges imagines a universe made entirely of books – every possible 410-page combination of 22 letters, a period, a comma and a space. Somewhere within are all the meaningful works ever written, but the vast majority are nonsense.

The Conversation · Aug 20, 2025

AI has produced 2 new antibiotics to kill ‘superbugs’. It’s promising – but we shouldn’t get too excited yet

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have used artificial intelligence (AI) to design two new antibiotics effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or “superbugs”.

The Conversation · Aug 19, 2025