However, a little-known treatment dating back to the First World War is available, if NHS doctors are prepared to spend ...

Researchers from Monash University discovered two versions of a previously-unknown bacteriophage, a virus that kills bacteria, in the Merri Creek, a waterway that flows through Melbourne's northern ...

SYDNEY, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientists have discovered a new virus capable of killing a superbug in a Melbourne waterway, according to a new study published on Wednesday. Researchers ...

The virus – given an Indigenous name that translates to “dangerous Merri lurker” in English – has the potential to save ...

Cases of the highly contagious norovirus have soared by 29 percent in just a fortnight, leading to fears the UK and NHS could ...

Researchers are re-examining streptothricin, an antibiotic that was first created more than 80 years ago, in hopes of ...

Cases of the highly contagious norovirus rose 29 percent between September 23 and October 6, with suffering Brits moaning ...

An antibiotic developed some 80 years ago before being abandoned and forgotten could again offer exciting new solutions, this ...

As antimicrobial resistance rises, researchers are running out of time to fight each new wave of superbugs. And the funding ...

A recently emerged strain of bacteria called Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis (SDSE) is leading to a concern ...

Scientists have discovered the mechanism which allows the superbug methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to become highly resistant to antibiotics, paving the way for new approaches to ...

Irish researchers have discovered more about how the superbug MRSA becomes highly resistant to antibiotics, making it more ...