Antibiotic treatment in the first week of life was associated with food allergies at ages 9-12, according to a Dutch study.

As antibiotics lose their effectiveness against some diseases, Peter Pitts, a former associate commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, is urging the public not to reuse leftover antibiotics.

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at the University of Basel created a new test that tracks individual bacteria ...

Fiber is one of the key nutrients that supports a healthy gut microbiome. “Fiber basically acts as a prebiotic,” Passarella ...

In a recent study, a group of economists found that taxing some antibiotics that are more profitable than others could be a highly effective measure to prevent doctors from over-prescribing those ...