Bronchitis is an infection that causes a cough. It happens when the tubes that carry air into the lungs, called the “bronchi,” get infected. Bronchitis usually oc­curs when a person gets a cold or the ...

Antibiotic overuse is a key driver in the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a major global health crisis.

Antibiotic overuse is a key driver in the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a major global health crisis. Researchers have provided compelling evidence that short-course antibiotic treatments ...

A suspected Marburg virus outbreak in the Kagera region of Tanzania has been linked to nine suspected cases and eight deaths, ...

You may commonly notice a wet or dry cough in kids. Coughing is a defensive response that clears the airways of irritants, ...

Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China Department of Central ...

The authors accept full responsibility for the contents of this manuscript. Timothy E Albertson is on the Speakers Bureaus for BI and GSK (COPD), Schering Plough (AECB) and has funded research ...

State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai ...

Acute bronchitis is one of the most commonly diagnosed diseases in the emergency department and is the cause of more than 10 million doctor visits every year. Most patients are prescribed ...

However, bacteria and other microorganisms lack such a reproduction mechanism. Nevertheless, as demonstrated by the alarming speed at which antibiotic resistance spreads among bacterial ...

New tactics in controlling infection are sorely needed, with antibiotic-resistant bacteria expected to claim as many as 2 million lives each year by 2050. US and Spanish researchers have now ...