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Pupils and teachers are being offered strong antibiotics by specialist doctors from the UK Health Security Agency against the bacteria, known as Strep A

UKHSA recommends staff and pupils be prescribed antibiotics

Remains of slug-like Ediacaran animal Kimberella contain compounds suggesting it had a gut and ate bacteria and algae from the ocean floor

Bacterial infections are the second leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for one in eight of all deaths in 2019, the first global estimate of their lethality revealed on Tuesday. The massive new study, published in the Lancet journal, looked at deaths from 33 common bacterial pathogens and 11 types…

WHO to convene over 300 scientists to consider evidence of more than 25 virus families and bacteria

Germs and bacteria that are not visible to the naked eye can build up when you sleep, meaning regular washing is the only way to keep them at bay - but how often you should do it is contested

Exclusive: Most important antibiotics for human health still used in supply chains of major US food companies, risking spread of superbugs

A new study found the leprosy parasite rejuvenates and grows healthy livers in animals. Can this research do away with liver transplants?

Resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites mutate and no longer respond to the medicines designed to treat them.