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Atlanta Hospitals Improved Hand Hygiene by Sixteen Points and Drug Resistant Germ Detections Did Not Fall

Four Atlanta hospitals raised hand hygiene rates sharply, but drug-resistant organism detections did not drop. What the null result means.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

UK urged to ban imports of Brazilian meat over health concerns

Brazil has failed to prove compliance with EU rules on use of antibiotics in cattle and poultry farming

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28

‘Must I take all my antibiotics?’ Why infectious disease experts are rethinking this longstanding rule

You’ve probably heard it for years, every time you get a prescription for antibiotics: “Make sure to take all the pills.”

The Conversation · Aug 28

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Washington Places Its First Order Under a Federal Contract to Stockpile an Antibiotic for Resistant Infections

BARDA exercised a $36.9 million option to buy cefiderocol for national preparedness. Here is what the antibiotic treats and who it helps.

Medical Daily · Aug 28

Specialists Push Hospital Sepsis Care Toward Infection Specifics and Away from One Size Fits All Timing Rules

A multisociety panel says hospitals need faster diagnosis and better antibiotic choices for sepsis, not just faster clocks on treatment.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Eight Months of Failed Treatment Ended When Doctors Finally Asked This Man About His Job

A man who handled fish had arm ulcers for 8 months. Repeated courses of antibiotics and surgery failed until testing identified Mycobacterium marinum.

Medical Daily · Aug 26

China Rejected 22 Tons of Argentine Beef Over a Banned Antibiotic as Trump Opens the Door to 300,000 Tons

Trump's 300,000-tonne beef plan sparks fury among MAGA ranchers as Argentina enters the picture following China's rejection of beef over a banned antibiotic

International Business Times UK · Aug 25

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A Last Resort Antibiotic Is the Prime Suspect After a Muscle Marker Hit 128 Times Normal

Her myoglobin reached 128 times the upper limit of normal, while creatine kinase, the enzyme doctors normally watch for this, barely moved.

Medical Daily · Aug 25

‘Routine’ medical treatments are not risk free. Patients should ask questions before consenting

The distinction has become blurred between something being medically available and actually being medically useful

The Guardian - AU · Aug 24

Why the Crocodile's Powerful Immune System Could Help Scientists Fight Antibiotic Resistance

An animal that should not survive its own habitatCrocodiles fight constantly. They lose limbs. They tear open each other's hides in territorial battles fought in water thick with fecal matter, rotting carcasses, and every pathogen a tropical swamp can produce. Their wounds almost never get infected. That observation, sitting in…

Times Life · Aug 22

Horseshoe Crab Blood Powers Every Vaccine and Injection You Have Ever Been Given

The blue blood that guards every hospital on EarthHorseshoe crab blood is blue. Not metaphorically, literally blue, because it uses copper-based hemocyanin to carry oxygen instead of the iron-based hemoglobin that makes human blood red. But the colour is not why the biomedical industry harvests roughly 600,000 horseshoe crabs every…

Times Life · Aug 21

Doctors Get an Updated Antibiotic Playbook as Resistant Gut Bacteria Outpace the Drugs Designed to Stop Them

IDSA released updated guidance for treating drug-resistant Gram-negative infections as NDM-carrying bacteria spread through US hospitals.

Medical Daily · Aug 19

In 1940, scientists had no fermentation tanks, so penicillin was grown in hundreds of ceramic vessels modeled on hospital bedpans; the improvised system helped turn Fleming’s discovery into a mass-produced medicine

In 1940, scientists working to develop penicillin faced a major obstacle: they had discovered a potentially lifesaving medicine but lacked the industrial equipment needed to produce it in large quantities. Instead of modern fermentation tanks, the Oxford team relied on improvised containers, including hospital bedpans and specially designed ceramic vessels.…

The Economic Times · Aug 19

Preventing RSV in Infants Also Reduced Antibiotic Prescribing Across 32 Philadelphia Area Pediatric Primary Care Practices

Infants who received the RSV antibody nirsevimab got fewer antibiotics for respiratory infections, a study of 15,341 babies found.

Medical Daily · Aug 19

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The Conversation · Aug 18

The use of AI in biotechnology is changing faster than the rules governing either technology

The recent announcement of novel, viable viruses created by artificial intelligence (AI) was celebrated as a major advance in the fight against antibiotic resistance. But it also raised urgent concerns about regulation.

MyLifeXP · Aug 17

5 Signs Your Red Eyes Could Be Eye Flu

The redness, tearing and itching of the eyes can be quite scary. The inflammation of the conjunctiva known as conjunctivitis or eye flu is caused by the swelling of the conjunctiva, a transparent membrane covering the outer white layer of the eye and inner eyelids. While the disease is usually…

Times Life · Aug 16

Fish Intelligence and Pain Research Is Quietly Rewriting the Ethics of What We Eat

Fish Are Not What We AssumedThe tusk fish picks up a clam, swims to a rock, and smashes it open, repeatedly, deliberately, with the same stone it has used before. This is tool use. It was filmed in the wild, published in the journal Coral Reefs in 2011, and it…

Euronews · Aug 15

Gut viruses are evolving new tricks to beat bacteria — and could help fight superbugs

Scientists have found that some viruses can deliberately generate genetic diversity to evade bacterial defences, offering a potential new clue for developing treatments when antibiotics fail.

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Medical Daily · Aug 14

Infants Given the RSV Antibody Received Fewer Antibiotic Prescriptions, Philadelphia Study Finds

A study of 15,341 infants found that nirsevimab recipients received fewer antibiotics for respiratory infections, a benefit beyond RSV prevention.

Medical Daily · Aug 12

Hospital Antibiotic Use Has Not Moved in Eight Years Despite Near-Universal Stewardship Programs

A CDC survey found that half of hospital patients received antibiotics in 2023, unchanged from 2015, even as stewardship programs became near-universal.

Medical Daily · Aug 12

Bacterial Infection Follows Roughly One in Twenty Gunshot Hospitalizations, with Head and Spine Surgery Highest Risk

About 5% of adults hospitalized for gunshot wounds developed bacterial infections, with head, neck and spine surgery carrying the highest risk.

Medical Daily · Aug 11

A Bipartisan Senate Bill Targets the Slowest Step in Making New Antibiotics

Senators Hassan and Marshall introduced the Stop Superbugs Act to fund a clinical research network speeding trials for new antibiotics.

Medical Daily · Aug 10

A Bipartisan Bill Would Let the NIH Help Run Clinical Trials for Badly Needed New Antibiotics

The Stop Superbugs Act would authorize an NIH research group to facilitate clinical trials for new antibiotics against drug-resistant infections.

Times Life · Aug 8

Why Eczema in Indian Adults Traces Back to Gut Health, Microbiome, and Inflammation

The skin is the symptom, not the sourceEczema, clinically called atopic dermatitis, affects roughly 10 to 30 percent of children and a significant share of adults in India, according to data published in the Indian Journal of Dermatology. Most adults manage it with moisturisers, topical steroids, and antihistamines. Many cycle…

The Economic Times · Aug 7

Scientists use AI to create viruses that don’t exist in nature for the first time

Scientists have designed and created new viruses using artificial intelligence. These AI-designed bacteriophages successfully replicated and killed E. coli bacteria. This breakthrough marks a significant advancement in synthetic biology and potential medical applications. The technology could aid in developing new treatments for antibiotic-resistant infections.

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