In the medical world, this is known as antimicrobial resistance. Today, superbugs could be the greatest public health threat ...
Dogs and cats can pass antibiotic-resistant bacteria to their owners, raising concerns that household pets could be ...
The misuse of antibiotics has fueled the dangerous spread of hard-to-treat infections like C. Diff and MRSA that can turn deadly. Here 's how to protect yourself.
Infections from drug-resistant bacteria kill more than 1.2 million people around the world every year, according to the University of Oxford, and this number is projected to rise to up to 10 ...
THE rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs such as MRSA and E.coli could be being fuelled by the amount of antibiotics released into the environment, a new study has found. Researchers at the ...
They show that while the increase in drug use has amplified the spread of superbugs, it is not the only driver. Researchers ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The EU has approved a new antibiotic for serious illnesses such as pneumonia and urinary tract infections ...
Health care providers and patients have traditionally thought that infections patients get while in the hospital are caused ...
Related: Dangerous 'superbugs' are a growing threat, and antibiotics can't stop their rise. What can? The agency is urging doctors to "have a heightened suspicion" for meningococcal disease as a ...
There is a global drive to reduce the use of antibiotics, in both human medicine and agriculture, to tackle the rise of 'superbugs' - strains of bacteria that can no longer be treated by certain ...
In recent years, bacteria or ‘superbugs’ have adapted to resist ... Also of concern is the growing rise in multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis. Initially, these strains were seen only in HIV ...
Veterinary scientists find evidence that antibiotic-resistant bacteria pass between animals and humans living together ...