BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – According to the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, antibiotic resistance is a “quickly growing, extremely dangerous problem.” In fact, world health leaders have ...

Carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CP-CRE) are bacteria capable of neutralizing powerful antibiotics. CP-CRE bacteria are very difficult to treat and potentially deadly, ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a global health crisis, responsible for millions of deaths worldwide and posing an existential threat to our ...

The new research will include initiatives geared toward developing infection prevention techniques by using microorganisms present in the human body, or microbiome, to predict and assess the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae have grown more resistant to last-resort antibiotics over the past 10 years. Enterobacteriaceae ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to launch its Antibiotic Use and Resistance reporting module this week. The system will allow hospitals to track all dispensed antibiotics and look ...

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Centers for Disease Control says antibiotic-resistance is one of the most pressing threats facing the world right now. It occurs when bacteria don’t respond to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Difficult-to-treat infections caused by dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria are on an alarming upward climb, the Centers for ...

The latest issue of the CDC’s monthly Vital Signs report is taking serious aim at correcting practices relating to antibiotic resistance, including recommendations for antibiotic prescription, ...

Cexifime, one of several treatments for the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea, is becoming less effective against the infection, according to a CDC report. The findings, published Nov. 3 in the ...

The CDC has unveiled a new interactive tool that will allow people to track antibiotic resistance in four bacteria over the past 18 years. The tool includes data on Campylobacter, E. coli, salmonella ...

After increasing four consecutive years, cases of sexually transmitted diseases jumped to record highs in 2017, a CDC report found. The analysis found the roughly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, ...