Dear Dr. Roach: Your recent column noted that a few people need to take antibiotics before dental procedures to prevent a prosthetic knee infection. My friend doesn't have a joint or heart problem, ...

A drug called ebselen could help stop the spread of Clostridium difficile infections even though it’s not an antibiotic, according to a study published in Science Translational Medicine and covered by ...

Clostridioides difficile(C. diff) is a bacterium that can infect the large intestine. Antibiotics used to treat it have been traditionally evaluated in a monoculture – not considering interactions ...

Nurses at the bedside play a key role in prevention of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile in patients, a new study has found. Hospitals that scored higher on the Practice Environment Scale of the ...

There are inherent risks in biotech investing. A decade’s worth and often hundreds of millions of dollars in R&D, along with binary risks of failed clinical trials or regulatory approval. Above and ...