Global leaders gathered here at the U.N.

Microbes are winning the war on drugs.

New York: United Nations member countries have pledged for the first time to tackle the threat posed by drug-resistant superbugs in a coordinated e

September 21, 2016, 12:31 PM | Up to 10 million people a year could die from antibiotic-resistant superbugs by 2050 if solutions aren't found.

Antibiotics fed to poultry and livestock contribute to the growing problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or “superbugs,” the study’s authors sa

Nowhere is growing global threat of antibiotic resistance as stark as in the Indian capital Like medical centres across India’s sweltering capital,

Holly Yan, Ed Lavandera and Boris Sanchez, CNN - Experts warn we are heading towards a 'post-antibiotic age,' where superbugs could kill

In a cramped lab in rural Pennsylvania, surrounded by technicians in obligatory white lab coats and fume hoods leaking an occasional acrid smell, N

The bacteria superbugs are rapidly emerging and may become a sever threat to global health sooner than expected.

While antibiotics were once hailed as miracle drugs, they've been abused and overused so much that they are now often powerless against fast-e

Superbugs pose a huge threat to the future of humanity.

Pharmaceutical companies are fuelling the rise of superbugs by manufacturing drugs in factories that leak industrial waste, says a new report which

This photomicrograph reveals Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria using acid-fast Ziehl-Neelsen stain; Magnified 1000 X.

The spread of superbugs that are resistant to all known drug treatments could spark a global financial crisis on the level of the 2008 meltdown or

The United Nations General Assembly will hold a historic, high-level meeting on Wednesday to discuss a plan to fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs

For decades, public health experts have warned of the dangers of “superbugs,” microbes that can’t be stopped with drugs.

NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) - Antibiotics -- one of the most profound medical breakthroughs of the 20th Century -- don't work as well as they once d

World leaders are gathering at the United Nations General Assembly in New York today for a high-level meeting about the growing threat from antimic

ROME—If drug-resistant infections in people and animals are allowed to spread unchecked, some 28 million people will fall into poverty by 2050, and

Just 17 days old, Josiah Cooper-Pope died in the hospital after he was infected with a drug-resistant bacteria, but no one added his death to the t

If drug-resistant infections in people and animals are allowed to spread unchecked, some 28mn people will fall into poverty by 2050, and a century

Scientists are stepping up their efforts to kill antibiotic-resistant “superbugs.” The University of Melbourne and UT Southwestern Medical Center w

The rise of "superbugs" resistant to drugs has been caused partly by the increased use and misuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial

(Bloomberg) -- The spread of drug-resistant infections could mean a hit to the global economy even greater than that of the 2008 financial crisis a