Antibiotics should be prescribed for a duration of five days for skin and soft tissue infections, five days in case of community-acquired pneumonia...

'Antibiotic resistance has the potential of taking the form of a pandemic in the near future if corrective measures are not taken immediately'...

The data were gathered from a panel of 9,000 stockists who store products from approximately 5,000 pharmaceutical companies...

There is an urgent need to boost public awareness for the rational use of antibiotics...

Overuse increased the risk for drug-resistant infections...

Senior officials said there is little they could do to formulate a policy that would prevent people from buying certain drugs in bulk...

More pathogens are evolving to attack humans and there is little we can do to combat them...

Antibiotic resistance is projected to rise to 10 million by 2050...

Antibiotics kill bacteria. They are not effective against viruses, and cannot prevent or cure vague body aches or feverish feelings...

Gargling twice a day with warm salted water will ease the pain...