This is part 2 in a three-part series on potential harms from taking antibiotics for dental procedures. Part 3 will publish tomorrow and Thursday. All will be available here. About once a week, Erinne ...

Approximately one in 20 adults in the U.S. says they used antibiotics without a prescription from a physician in the past year, according to new research in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

A drug commonly used to treat bacterial infections in children is in short supply. Three of the top four makers of the antibiotic amoxicillin are reporting supply constraints in the U.S. Amoxicillin ...

Antibiotics for pneumonia include Zithromax (azithromycin), Biaxin (clarithromycin), and Erythrocin (erythromycin). Azithromycin is often the first-line treatment since it is effective against many ...

When antibiotics are used for livestock, it can put consumers at risk of developing antimicrobial resistance, for example in dairy when traces can get into milk. Regulations, therefore, are vital.