Chick-fil-A is no longer promising "no antibiotics ever" in its chicken. The fast food chain said it would start to use chicken this spring that may have had antibiotics.

Taking antibiotics when they are not necessary may lead to antibiotic resistance – i.e. an infection where antibiotics can't help – which is bad for your personal health and bad for global health.

How long it takes for antibiotics to work depends on factors like the type and severity of the infection, the type of antibiotic and health status.

The push for antibiotics to fight fast-evolving superbugs is snagging on a broken business model. Six startups have won Food and Drug Administration approval for new antibiotics since 2017.

Antibiotics affect the microbes in your gut in a similar way that wildfires affect the plants and animals in a forest, Dr. Dong said. The landscape regrows, but with less diversity than before.

If there’s a point where antibiotics are no longer effective, one expert says we’re “already there.” MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is multi-drug-resistant strain ...

Citing low chicken supplies, Chick-fil-A will back off its “no antibiotics ever” mantra and instead embrace a looser industry standard: “no antibiotics important to human medicine.” ...

Tyson will once again use certain antibiotics in its chickens, eight years after it announced plans to ditch the drugs in some of its production and slapped a “no antibiotics ever” label on ...

So Antibiotics have saved millions of lives and have improved our quality of life. The problem is, people don't really use antibiotics correctly so your doctor gives you a two-week prescription ...

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Countries across Europe are reporting shortages of antibiotics as demand for the medicines rises and manufacturers grapple with supply-chain snags. Amoxicillin, cephalosporins and other widely ...