Common antibiotics include penicillins, such as amoxicillin, and other types including cephalosporins (like cefalexin), or tetracyclines (like doxycycline). Antibiotics are medicines that are used ...

Across the world, there are reports of shortages of common antibiotics. Ben Hargreaves examines why these shortages are happening and what is being done in the background to return supply to normal.

Academics called on GPs to ‘better target’ antibiotics for those at highest need after analysing data on millions of ...

The development and spread of antibiotic resistance represents one of the greatest threats to global health. To overcome ...

Lower doses of a common antibiotic can curb hair loss caused by a rare skin condition, a new study says. The antibiotic doxycycline is commonly used to treat lymphocytic scarring alopecia ...

On March 25, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first new antibiotic to treat UTIs in 30 years. The medication, gepotidacin, targets E. coli bacteria, which is responsible for ...

Drug rashes can be an unwanted side effect of many medications. Learn which medications can cause these skin reactions.

It occurs as pathogens develop defense mechanisms against common antibiotic medications. According to the World Health Organization, the process is driven by misuse and overuse of antibiotic drugs.

Epidemiologists at the University of Manchester found certain patients are more or less likely to get prescribed antibiotics ...