Millions of people in the UK have a penicillin allergy label on their medical records and I’m one of them. This means that the most effective treatment for a wide range of bacterial infections ...

Fleming presented his findings in 1929, but they raised little interest. He published a report on penicillin and its potential uses in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology. Fleming worked ...

So when the temperature drops, I'm ordering a gingery penicillin cocktail. No, the drink doesn't contain any actual penicillin (a relief, considering I'm allergic). The drink is a riff on the ...

Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of a mold with antibacterial properties was only the first serendipitous event on the long road to penicillin as a life-saving drug. Hannah joined The Scientist as ...