--- title: antibiotic resistance | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/antibiotic-resistance/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/antibiotic-resistance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # antibiotic resistance ## antibiotic resistance *  Jan 16, 2019 ## [25% of Antibiotic Prescriptions Are Unnecessary. Here's Why That's So Dangerous](https://time.com/5504760/antibiotic-prescriptions-overuse/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Jan 16, 2018 ## [Swallowing Sea Water May Have an Unexpected Health Risk](https://time.com/5101042/surf-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Jamie Ducharme *  Nov 28, 2017 ## [Fecal Transplant Pills Could Become a New Cutting-Edge Treatment for Infections](https://time.com/5038564/c-diff-fecal-transplant/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Nov 27, 2017 ## [Here's a New Reason You Should Worry About Antibiotics](https://time.com/5035160/antibiotics-colitis/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Nov 7, 2017 ## [Stop Using Antibiotics in Healthy Animals, WHO Says](https://time.com/5013230/world-health-organization-antibiotics-animals/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Oct 31, 2017 ## [Scientists Eye Fix for Untreatable Gonorrhea](https://time.com/5003744/gonorrhea-treatment-antibiotic-resistance/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Sep 28, 2017 ## [Here's How to Cut Antibiotic Use in Animals](https://time.com/4961051/antibiotics-animals/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Sep 22, 2017 ## [It’s Been One Year Since the World Took On Superbugs. Here’s What’s Changed](https://time.com/4952014/antibiotic-resistance-amr-united-nations/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Sep 18, 2017 ## [Why Global Health Is Center Stage at the United Nations General Assembly](https://time.com/4945477/global-health-united-nations-general-assembly/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Jul 26, 2017 ## [Some Doctors Now Say to Stop Antibiotics When You Feel Better](https://time.com/4875610/antibiotic-resistance-recommendations/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Amanda MacMillan *  Jun 15, 2017 ## [There's a New Antibiotic You Should Know About](https://time.com/4817223/antibiotic-drug-resistance-pseudouridimycin/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Jun 1, 2017 ## [A MRSA Infection Cost Me $300,000—and Nearly Killed Me](https://time.com/4797815/mrsa-superbug-bacteria/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Chris Linaman *  May 5, 2017 ## [Why Bacteria Are More Threatening Than Ever](https://time.com/4767683/bacteria-antibiotic-resistance-superbugs/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park and Lon Tweeten *  May 3, 2017 ## [How to Keep the World Safe from Superbugs](https://time.com/4766111/superbugs-antibiotic-resistance/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Apr 14, 2017 ## [A Cautionary Tale About Antibiotics](https://time.com/4720982/antibiotics-fluoroquinolones-risk/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/antibiotic-resistance/","name":"antibiotic resistance"}}]}] ```