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The STI, usually treated with antibiotics, can cause infertility and pelvic inflammatory disease in patients

Fatal bloodstream illnesses driven by urinary tract infections could rise, warn scientists as research shows link to food-borne bacteria

It’s never been more important for clinicians to ensure that the antibiotics they’re prescribing are appropriate, one expert tells Fortune—and for patients to understand that if their provider isn’t prescribing antibiotics, it may be for good reason.

Rick Bright ran antibacterial programs at the government’s US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority

Prof Martha Clokie says phages could become routine for some conditions

The CDC released an health advisory warning of the rise of drug-resistant Shigella, a bacteria that causes GI infection.

It's well known that good hand hygiene can prevent illness. But can it thwart the development of bacterial resistance as well?

An infection that's usually easy to treat with common antibiotic eyedrops "has become an infection that can be deadly and has pretty much no treatment except one IV antibiotic,” one expert said.

Can washing your hands help stop the evolution of antibiotic resistance? Mathematically, it’s possible.