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The Sunday Edition: Antibiotics

We have reached a point where there are very few treatment alternatives left for some bacterial infections – including some caused by foodborne bacteria.

UEG Week 2026: Antibiotic use from childhood linked to higher odds of IBS in young adulthood

BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Antibiotic use from childhood through early adulthood is associated with higher odds of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) at age 24, wi...

Drought and antibiotic resistance are linked in new study

Droughts may be creating the perfect conditions for antibiotic-resistant bacteria to thrive. As the frequency and severity of droughts intensify in regions like California, scienti...

Prophylactic oral antibiotics may increase infection risk

Patients who received prophylactic oral antibiotics after aseptic revision total hip arthroplasty had higher rates of infection and wound complications, according to results.“Presc...

Study of 2.8 Million Children Reveals Major Food Allergy Risk Factors

Analysis of 2.8 million children identifies eczema, delayed allergen introduction, and early antibiotic use among key food allergy risk factors. The post Study of 2.8 Million Child...

Food Hygiene, Antimicrobial Stewardship are Equally Critical to Controlling Foodborne Drug Resistance, FAO Experts Say

Controlling foodborne antimicrobial resistance requires a One Health approach centered on food hygiene. Although antimicrobial stewardship can slow the emergence and enrichment of...

NZ’s antibiotic overuse has a long and risky tail

Childhood Antibiotic Use Linked To Irritable Bowel Syndrome

TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2026 — Antibiotic use during childhood may be linked to an increased risk of irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS. IBS is a common digestive disorder that causes symp...

How one antibiotic morning-after pill came to be widely available in San Francisco

An antibiotic morning-after pill has been shown to be effective for preventing STIs among gay men, but some doctors worry about antibiotic resistance. This story discusses STIs and...

Genomes of Drug-Resistant Poultry E. coli Reveal Global Genetic Connections

Antimicrobial resistance has become one of the defining health threats of the twenty-first century, and few organisms embody the problem as completely as Escherichia coli. A new co...

Blood Drug Levels Predict Dangerous Clotting Complication from Hospital Antibiotic Tigecycline

Tigecycline, a broad-spectrum antibiotic that has become a workhorse in intensive care units around the world, may carry a heavier price than many clinicians realize. A new retrosp...

Pakistan, intensive poultry farming and antibiotic resistance: when chicken houses become “pathogen sponges”

Pakistan’s poultry sector provides an important example of the challenges associated with the intensification of broiler production and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Rapidly expa...

Antimicrobial Violet-Blue Light Shows Promise for Reducing Drug-Resistant Campylobacter on Poultry

At the highest tested dose, every isolate, even those exhibiting antimicrobial resistance (AMR), underwent at least a 2-log reduction in viable cells. Modeling suggested that such...

On Antibiotics? Eating Less Sugar Might Shield Your Microbiome

FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2026 — Many people understand that antibiotics' bacteria-killing properties can disrupt the gut's healthy microbiome, even as the drugs treat illness. Now, resear...

Simple birth-death-mutation models predict some—but not all—aspects of the experimental evolution of antibiotic resistan...

by Elin Lilja, Rosalind J. Allen, Bartlomiej Waclaw Mathematical modelling of antibiotic resistance plays an important role in understanding the mechanisms of resistance emergence...

Quantifying antibiotic susceptibility and inoculum effects using transient dynamics of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa&l...

by Sarah Sundius, Jennifer Farrell, Kelly L. Eick, Rachel Kuske, Sam P. Brown Antibiotics are a cornerstone of modern medicine, targeting pathogen cells by disrupting essential ce...

Partner’s Antibiotic Suspected in Woman’s Anaphylaxis After Oral Sex

A rare case suggests antibiotics taken by one partner may trigger anaphylaxis in another through sexual contact. The post Partner’s Antibiotic Suspected in Woman’s Anaphylaxis Afte...

Crowded Homes Raise Infant Infection Risk While Farm Animals Show Mixed Effects

One of the largest studies ever conducted on the early-life home environment has found that the physical and biological characteristics of a family’s home may shape a baby’s vulner...

Gut Microbiome Changes Tied to Drug-Resistant Bacteria in ICU Patients

For decades, intensive care units have been battlegrounds against some of medicine’s most formidable adversaries: bacteria that shrug off nearly every antibiotic in the arsenal. No...

The Antibiotics Exist —The System Cannot Deliver Them

This is not a discovery problem. It is a market entry and access problem, and it is far more tractable than the pipeline crisis we spend most of our attention on. The post The Anti...

SOS-independent prophage induction may spread resistance genes beyond DNA damage

A mini review identifies five SOS-independent routes by which prophages can activate and potentially disseminate antibiotic resistance genes without triggering the canonical DNA-da...

Extended oral antibiotics may not reduce subsequent infection

Results showed extended oral antibiotic therapy may not reduce the risk for subsequent infection after two-stage reimplantation for total knee arthroplasty.“Future studies or the n...

Bacterial trial fails to demonstrate early asthma prevention

A national clinical trial led by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Tucson found that treating young children with an oral bacterial extract did not reduc...

‘Must I Take All My Antibiotics?’ Why Infectious Disease Experts Are Rethinking This Longstanding Rule

Infectious disease experts are reconsidering the traditional advice to always finish every antibiotic dose, as research explores when shorter courses may be equally effective while...