“This calls for us to start treating the microbiome as one of our organs,” one researcher said.

"[Because of sustained increase in drug-resistant pathogens], we have run out of options to treat patients," a medical practitioner said.

"Bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics don't have boundaries. They can spread to any person in any country."

The world stands in dire need of new antibiotics, as antimicrobial-resistant infections are on the rise amid the pandemic.

Research shows that for most common infections, long exposure to antibiotics just creates more opportunity for bacteria to become resistant.

The drug, halicin, was originally developed as a diabetes medication, but may be more effective as an antibiotic.

The change in form allows bacteria to become invisible to the immune system -- and resistant to antibiotics.

One of the only medicines that still works against multi-drug resistant superbugs is on the verge of becoming ineffective.

The pollution is causing major problems for biodiversity and public health.

It's bad for all of us.

The discovery of penicillin in 1922 ushered in a golden age of medicine. But with antibiotic resistance a growing problem around the world – particularly in India — the wonder of the wonder drug may be waning. Enough articles have