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Deaths linked to antibiotic-resistant superbugs rose 17% in England in 2024

Data also shows an average of nearly 400 newly reported cases of antibiotic-resistant infections a week last year

The Guardian - UK

Scientists make significant discovery on bacteria’s resistance to common antibiotics

Researchers hope that findings can help them treat infections more effectively

The Independent UK

10 Prescriptions That Doctors Say They No Longer Trust

There was a time when a doctor’s prescription pad was treated like gospel, the final answer to nearly any ailment. But medical science evolves constantly, and treatments once thought to be small miracles have revealed complicated side effects, limited effectiveness, or simply better alternatives that have come along. Many physicians…

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Antibiotic found hiding in plain sight could treat dangerous infections, early study finds

Scientists have discovered a never-before-seen antibiotic that shows promising in treating drug-resistant infections.

LiveScience

Commonly prescribed antibiotic may reduce schizophrenia risk – study

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that typically emerges in early adulthood, and is often associated with hallucinations and delusional beliefs.

Evening Standard

Common antibiotic may lower schizophrenia risks, study finds

The researchers said their findings were ‘tentative but exciting’.

Euronews

The commonly prescribed drug that could reduce schizophrenia risk

Scientists may have found a new use for the ‘broad-spectrum’ antibiotic commonly used to treat infections and acne

The Independent UK

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Beef, pork, chicken: the world loves cheap meat. If people knew what really goes in it, that love affair would be over

Antibiotic use in farming is now rampant. How meat is produced in China may mean the drugs you need here won’t work, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

The Guardian - UK

8 Prescription Myths That Still Influence Treatment Decisions

Prescription medicine can be confusing. Between TV commercials, online “wellness experts,” and that one friend who swears antibiotics cure everything, it’s no wonder myths still run wild in modern medicine. Even with all the information available at our fingertips, old-school beliefs and half-truths still creep into treatment decisions every day.…

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Growing cocktail of medicines in world’s waterways could be fuelling antibiotic resistance

Scientists have long been worried about the buildup of antibiotics in the environment.

The Conversation

One in six bacterial infections is now resistant to standard drugs, WHO warns

Many antibiotics have lost effectiveness against common bacterial infections since 2018, the report warned.

Euronews

Sharp global rise in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, WHO finds

Experts describe findings as deeply concerning and predict 70% increase in related deaths by 2050

The Guardian - UK

Striking images capture an antibiotic slaying bacteria in real time

Scientists have captured images of polymyxins, a type of antibiotic, disrupting and infiltrating the membranes of disease-causing bacteria.

LiveScience

A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what scientists and companies owe the Indigenous people they studied

An antibiotic discovered on Easter Island in 1964 sparked a billion-dollar pharmaceutical success story. Yet the history told about this “miracle drug” has completely left out the people and politics that made its discovery possible.

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Science history: Alexander Fleming wakes up to funny mold in his petri dish, and accidentally discovers the first antibiotic — Sept. 28, 1928

Alexander Fleming was doing experiments with bacteria when he woke up to a strange mold growing in his petri dish. The "mold juice" would usher in the first antibiotic, penicillin, and would revolutionize medical care for bacterial infections.

The Conversation

Calling in the animal drug detectives − helping veterinarians help beluga whales, goats and all creatures big and small

In my work as a veterinary pharmacologist, I never know exactly what I’m going to get when I open my email. It could be a request from a veterinarian asking my team to determine the concentration of a drug to treat the shell of a turtle infected with fungal disease.…

Euronews

'A persistent issue': Which medicines are in short supply in the European Union?

A new report shows that "chronic" medicine shortages in the EU have reached record levels in the last two years. A common antibiotic used to treat many infections is on the list.

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The Independent UK

Breakthrough hailed as ‘crucial’ UTI drug gets green light for NHS use

A UTI is a bladder infection, usually caused by bacteria like E.coli, and they are much more common in women

The Independent UK

Medicines regulator approves first new antibiotic for UTIs in almost 30 years

Gepotidacin, also known as Blujepa, can be used by women in the UK who suffer recurring infections, the MHRA said.

The Conversation

Environmental antibiotic resistance unevenly addressed despite growing global risk, study finds

In his 1941 novel The Library of Babel, Jorge Luis Borges imagines a universe made entirely of books – every possible 410-page combination of 22 letters, a period, a comma and a space. Somewhere within are all the meaningful works ever written, but the vast majority are nonsense.

The Conversation

AI has produced 2 new antibiotics to kill ‘superbugs’. It’s promising – but we shouldn’t get too excited yet

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have used artificial intelligence (AI) to design two new antibiotics effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or “superbugs”.

The Independent UK

Aircraft toilets could be key to tackling ‘silent pandemic’, scientists say

Flights from India carry higher levels of antibiotic resistance genes compared to those from Europe and the UK

The Conversation

Antibiotic use likely fuelled the rise of a ‘superbug’ in NZ – genomics offers a defence against the next threat

After a routine C-section at an Auckland hospital, a mother developed severe pain and what seemed like postnatal fatigue. It turned out to be an infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a “superbug” spreading across New Zealand and beyond.

The Independent UK

Scientists use AI to create new antibiotics that can kill deadly drug-resistant superbugs

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing public health crisis and is estimated to be responsible for more than one million deaths globally each year

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