Researchers found antibiotic resistance genes on everyday foods—regardless of where you shop. Here’s what you should know.

Researchers in Arizona sampled meat and poultry sold at grocery stores in Flagstaff, Los Angeles, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale and Washington, DC. What they found has added fuel to the controversy over ...

Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and ...

A little over a decade ago, in 2015, farmers in the U.S. purchased more than 10,000 tons of “medically important” antibiotics—the same drugs used for people in hospitals and doctors’ offices—for their ...

Efforts to reduce reliance on antibiotic growth promoters in modern pig farming are increasingly turning to plant-derived ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released three new guidance documents that seek to phase out the "injudicious use" of antibiotics in food-producing animals through voluntary actions through ...

Antibiotic residues in chicken meat and eggs are emerging as a serious public health concern in Nigeria, with recent studies ...