One of this week's patients had an unfamiliar diagnosis.

Kavita, 32, was cleaning an infected wound on her right thigh when she made the discovery She told the Hindustan Times she remembered she had an injury in the same place when she was just 12 years old ...

A UK mom has undergone 55 surgeries after a small scratch on her leg developed a serious infection — and now, she wants doctors to amputate her leg. When Michelle Milton went out for a fishing trip ...

Although humans may think we are alone in creating antibiotics, there is a species of ant that secretes an especially powerful one—no pharma lab required. The Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) of ...

Bacteria block the immune system with lactic acid and cause infections to become chronic, revealing why some wounds don't ...

Chronic infected wounds can take over daily life, especially for people living with diabetes. These wounds often refuse to heal, cause constant pain, and invite dangerous infections that resist ...

To help in the fight against antibiotic overuse and resistance, researchers have developed a new wound dressing material that ...

Kavita, who is from Faridabad, India, was cleaning an infected wound on her leg when she discovered the bullet on Sunday, Jan. 4 Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined ...