LONDON — An antibiotic commonly given for acute bronchitis is no better than low-dose vitamin C at treating the coughing attacks, a new study has found. Millions of people visit doctors every year for ...

Despite efforts to curb the unnecessary use of antibiotics, many doctors still prescribe them for illnesses that don't respond to the medications, Harvard researchers report. Antibiotics only work ...

You're coughing, wheezing, short of breath. Your chest feels tight. Something has infected your respiratory tract or lungs. But what is it -- bronchitis or pneumonia? They are not the same illness.

A study found that bronchitis sufferers who are otherwise healthy do not get better any faster by taking antibiotics. “Antibiotics for the vast majority of people don’t seem to make much difference,” ...

A quality measure reduced antibiotic use for patients with acute bronchitis but led to use of an alternative diagnosis, offsetting most of the observed improvement. To determine whether diagnostic ...

The American College of Physicians convened a panel to identify best practices for the use of short-course antibiotics in the management of common infections. A Scientific Medical Policy Committee ...

As cold and flu season draws nearer, and especially in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we’re quickly being reminded of just how many illnesses and respiratory infections are out there. Oh, ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Repeated warnings that antibiotics don't work for most sore throats and bronchitis have failed to stop overuse: Doctors prescribed these drugs for most adults seeking treatment at a ...

Doctors are about to get the first in a new class of antibiotics to treat patients with a type of drug-resistant pneumonia, as well as those with sinusitis and bronchitis. The Food and Drug ...

As cold and flu season draws nearer, and especially in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we’re quickly being reminded of just how many illnesses and respiratory infections are out there. Oh, ...

Outpatient healthcare providers inappropriately prescribed antibiotics to 40 percent of patients in a major Veterans Affairs healthcare system, a higher figure than in previous studies examining ...

Pope Francis showed a “clear improvement” on Thursday after being given intravenous antibiotics for a bronchitis infection and could be released from the hospital in the next few days, according to ...