Instead of an apple, could a hug-a-day keep the doctor away? According to new research from Carnegie Mellon University, that may not be that far-fetched of an idea.

Wayne State University part of international collaborative research team on study.

The widespread overuse and misuse of antibiotics have led to antibiotic-resistant infections—and rising fatalities. Now, the federal government has turned to Rutgers to help develop a new generation of antibiotics.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can share resources to cause chronic infections, Vanderbilt investigators have discovered. Like the individual members of a gang who might be relatively harmless alone, they turn deadly when they get together with their “friends.”

The current Ebola outbreak now requires a “rapid response at a massive global scale”, according to experts at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. 

Recently identified cell-cycle controls are targets for new drugs that fight infections by shutting down division.

New OSU technology may help save some of the 200,000 lives a year lost due to the use of conterfeit anti-malarial drugs.