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Why is it so difficult to make a new antibiotic?

The discovery of antibiotics is one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. Before antibiotics, childbirth, a urinary tract infection, or a simple cut could lead to death from infection.

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We studied drug-resistant bacteria on hospital surfaces in six countries. This is what we found

Antimicrobial resistance happens when bacteria and other microbes that can cause infections gain the ability to resist treatment by antibiotics or other antimicrobial medicines.

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Antibiotic resistance threatens to “undo a century of medical progress”: 5 essential reads

Who hasn’t been prescribed antibiotics by a doctor – for a chest infection or perhaps a sore throat? It’s terrifying to think that these infections can become life threatening if the antibiotic drugs needed to treat them stop working.

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Flies carry bacteria – and some of those are resistant to antibiotics. What we found in three South African hospices

Houseflies live close to humans and domesticated animals and because they are so mobile they can easily spread bacteria that make people sick.

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‘It is a pandemic’: UK’s envoy on superbugs says scale of threat underestimated

Dame Sally Davies says action on deadly antibiotic-resistant infections must be prioritised

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Fighting antibiotic resistance at the source – using machine learning to identify bacterial resistance genes and the drugs to block them

Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health problem around the world. When bacteria like E. coli no longer respond to antibiotics, infections become harder to treat.

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Common antibiotic use linked to rise of ‘almost untreatable’ superbug

Rifaximin is commonly used to treat liver disease

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Rise of almost untreatable superbug linked to a common antibiotic

‘Surprising’ finding by Australian-led study is first recorded instance of one antibiotic causing resistance to another in a different class

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Morning Mail: call for new senator penalties after Thorpe protest, salmon death mystery, terror attack in Turkey

Opposition Senate leader floats idea of penalties for bad behaviour; Australian-led study links an untreatable superbug to an antibiotic

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Why does dairy make antibiotics less effective?

Dairy products can affect the way certain medications work. But why?

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Antifungal resistance is not getting nearly as much attention as antibiotic resistance – yet the risks to global health are just as serious

Fungi are known for causing superficial infections of the nails, skin and hair, but they can also cause systemic infections that can have much more serious health implications. Indeed, over 6.5 million people are infected yearly with a life-threatening fungal infection, leading to 3.8 million deaths.

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UK supermarkets not doing enough to tackle antibiotic misuse, report says

Findings come amid growing concerns about overuse of medicines in farm animals and rise of superbugs

The Guardian - UK

‘Rivers you think are pristine are not’: how drug pollution flooded the UK’s waterways – and put human health at risk

High levels of antibiotics and other drugs have been found in water in the country’s most treasured and protected landscapes, raising concerns over antimicrobial resistance

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‘Coloniser’ microbes to superbugs: How antibiotic resistance behaves

As antimicrobial resistance threatens medical progress, doctors like Sylvia Omulo are looking for clues to help us heal.

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The world is facing an antibiotic emergency: a data-led plan of action is needed now

Global leaders are meeting to address the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance – millions will die unless solutions are found, says Dame Sally Davies, the UK government’s special envoy on AMR

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Some Viruses Prey On Bacteria — Are They the Forgotten Secret To Medical Cures?

In promising experiments, phage therapy forces bacteria into a no-win dilemma that lowers their defenses against drugs they’d evolved to withstand

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Superbugs predicted to kill 39 million

New research in The Lancet underscores our growing antibiotic resistance crisis

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Study Projects Over 39 Million Deaths From Antibiotic-Resistant Infections By 2047‌ ‌

Global research reveals alarming rise in deaths among older age groups due to antimicrobial resistance, urging urgent interventions.‌

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Drug-resistant infections are on the rise – so why aren’t we getting any new antibiotics?

World leaders will meet in New York this month to discuss growing antimicrobial resistance as researchers warn the development of replacement drugs is stalling

The Independent UK

Warning more than 39m could die from antibiotic-resistant infections

AMR occurs when bacteria and diseases evolve to no longer respond to drugs designed to treat the infection

The Conversation

Antibacterial discovery: how scavengers avoid infection and what we can learn from them

Antibacterial discovery has become a pressing global challenge. Rising antibiotic resistance and difficult-to-treat infections mean we urgently need new antibacterial drugs and infection prevention measures. Food production problems such as bacterial crop disease and food spoilage are driving demand for innovations too.

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Push to improve syphilis testing in US as disease makes dramatic comeback

Cases have risen 80% in the last five years, and the US now has the highest syphilis rates since 1950

The Guardian - UK

Pathogenic microbes blown vast distances by winds, scientists discover

Living microbes that cause disease in humans and host antibiotic-resistance genes carried 1,200 miles

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How the health of your gut microbiome can affect your skin

The skin is the largest organ of the human body. Not only does it act as the first line of defence against external stressors such as environmental toxins, pathogens and pollutants, our skin can also reveal much about our internal health.

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Arctic Ocean Microbes Offer Potential New Antibiotics Against Viruses‌ ‌

Scientists discover promising antibiotic candidates in actinobacteria, targeting deadly EPEC strain causing severe diarrhea.‌ ‌

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