Search results for "antibiotic"

After learning that his bronchitis was reacting well to antibiotic treatment and that he might be released “in the coming days,” doctors advised Pope Francis to prepare for a third day in the hospital on Friday....

In a world first, scientists have discovered a new type of antibiotic using artificial intelligence (AI). It has been heralded by experts as a major breakthrough in the fight against the growing problem of drug resistance....

A team at Imperial College, London, has developed the sensor that constantly samples patients’ antibiotic levels. The sensor can show how a patient has reacted to the type of antibiotic they have been given. Experts said the technique...

Yum Brand Inc’s Pizza Hut chain will fully phase out chickens raised with certain antibiotics in its U.S. restaurants by 2022, in the latest push by a major restaurant chain to follow healthier food practices. The...

The study, conducted by Yueping Yin of the National Center for STD Control & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Institute of Dermatology, Nanjing, China, and colleagues, also showed that the prevalence...

Wendy‘s, which says it is the world’s third-largest quick-service hamburger chain, plans to increase the amount of beef it purchases from these producers and others that raise cattle in similar ways. Hamburger chain Wendy’s Co laid...

News Hour: Obese women who receive antibiotics after cesarean delivery have a reduced risk for surgical site infections, according to a single-center study in JAMA. Some 400 women with a prepregnancy body-mass index of 30 or higher...

News Hour: The World Health Organization published a new classification of antibiotics on Tuesday that aims to fight drug resistance, with penicillin-type drugs recommended as the first line of defense while colistin should not be used...

News Hour: Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc Chief Executive Guy Macdonald said annual sales of the company’s lead experimental antibiotic for serious bacterial infections could climb as high as $700 million if approved. The antibiotic, eravacycline, is being...

News Hour: Last year, doctors in the United States were unable to treat a patient infected with a bacterial strain that was resistant to 26 different antibiotics. After subjecting the bacteria to multiple tests, the doctors...