Though penicillin is the greatest life-saving drug ever discovered, the “fallout” of microscopic penicillin particles in hospitals may be a major factor in the spread of dangerous and ...

These medicines may be grape- or bubble gum-flavored liquids, or regular pills. They’re called antibiotics (which means “against life” in Greek). People have been using antibiotics for at least a ...

Antibiotics are chemicals produced by fungi that kill or prevent the growth of bacteria. Penicillin was the first antibiotic to be discovered. In the 1940s, two scientists, Florey and Chain, were ...

Amoxicillin is one of the most common penicillin-based antibiotics prescribed in the UK Millions of people wrongly believe they are allergic to penicillin, which could mean they take longer to ...