Resistance to Drug of Last Resort Found in Farm Animals in US For the first time, bacteria that carry a transmissible carbapenem resistance gene have been found in agricultural animals in the United States.
Research Sheds Light on Mechanism That Leads to Drug-Resistant Superbugs Drug-resistant organisms, or so-called "superbugs," are a growing public health threat because "last-resort" therapeutics-employed only when other drugs fail to kill an infection-are failing.
VIDEO: Watch Evolution Take Place Before Your Eyes Bacteria evolve resistance to extreme doses of antibiotics in just a few days.
Scientists Discovered a New Natural Antibiotic in the Human Nose It holds promise against an antibiotic resistant pathogen.
Gonorrhea May Become Untreatable, CDC Warns The bacteria is becoming resistant to the only two drugs left that treat the STD.