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Vaccine for superbugs? New shot shows promise in early tests

A new vaccine, so far tested only in mice, broadly activates the immune system against a wide array of bacteria and fungi.

LiveScience

Mike Brown obituary

Other lives: Academic pharmacist and pharmaceutical microbiologist who specialised in understanding how bacteria respond to antibiotics

The Guardian - UK

Do you really need antibiotics? Curbing our use helps fight drug-resistant bacteria

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions.

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New Study Uncovers Profound Implications Of E.coli’s Antibiotic Resistance Evolution

E.coli's ability to evolve antibiotic resistance may be greater than previously thought, study reveals

Zenger

Drug resistance threat: 'don't ask doctor for antibiotics for a cold'

Deaths are occurring from antibiotics resistance in the region.

Newcastle Herald

Study reveals the people most likely to die from sepsis

Other groups more at risk included people who have a history of extensive antibiotic exposure and those with learning difficulties

The Independent UK

Drug resistance may make common infections like thrush untreatable

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions.

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No, antibiotics aren't always needed. Here's how GPs can avoid overprescribing

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions.

The Conversation

Antibiotic resistance causes more deaths than malaria and HIV/Aids combined. What Africa is doing to fight this silent epidemic

Each year antimicrobial resistance – the ability of microbes to survive agents designed to kill them – claims more lives than malaria and HIV/Aids combined. Africa bears the brunt of this development, which thrives on inequality and poverty. Nadine Dreyer asked Tom Nyirenda, a research scientist with over 27 years’…

The Conversation

Antibiotic resistance: microbiologists turn to new technologies in the hunt for solutions – podcast

The rise of drug-resistant infections is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. Antibiotic-resistant superbugs were estimated to kill 1.27 million people in 2019, and the UN projects that drug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million deaths a year by 2050.

The Conversation

Antibiotic-resistant infections rise in England but still below pre-Covid levels

Number of antibiotic prescriptions also up and officials warn against giving leftovers to friends and family

The Guardian - UK

People urged to treat antibiotics with respect as resistance rises post-pandemic

The number of patients with an antibiotic-resistance infection rose by 4% in 2022.

The Independent UK

Could new antibiotic clovibactin beat superbugs? Or will it join the long list of failed drugs?

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions.

The Conversation

Do you think you have a penicillin allergy? You might be wrong

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions.

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The rise and fall of antibiotics. What would a post-antibiotic world look like?

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions.

The Conversation

How do bacteria actually become resistant to antibiotics?

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions.

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Antibiotics that fight deadly infections in babies are losing their power

New research finds that the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in Southeast Asia are only 50% effective at treating sepsis and meningitis in newborns. It's a cause for global concern.

LiveScience

Antibiotics growing gravely ineffective for childhood infections

A study found that many common antibiotics were less than 50% effective at treating serious bacterial infections in children and newborn babies in the Asia-Pacific.

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Antibiotic Resistance Leading To Deaths Of Children With Pneumonia And Sepsis, Study Finds

Research reveals antibiotics are less than 50% effective in treating infections in babies and children.

The Guardian - AU

‘Alarming’ rates of babies with antibiotic-resistant bugs in Asia-Pacific, Australian study finds

Study urges Australia to research new drugs as it warns rate of mutated infections ‘much worse than anticipated’

Newsroom.co.nz

NZ farmers help antibiotic resistance fight – but human case is being lost

Agriculture is making an admirable effort towards fighting antibiotic resistance and academics want doctors to do the same

The Guardian - AU

Common antibiotic treatment failing to prevent infections in surgery patients, Australian study finds

Practice of prescribing two different types of drug to patients undergoing joint replacement surgery should stop, expert says

The Guardian - UK

Richard Young obituary

Farmer who combined campaigning on antibiotics and sustainability with a deep love of animals and literature

The Independent UK

US health officials propose using a cheap antibiotic as a 'morning-after pill' against STDs

U.S. health officials plan to endorse a common antibiotic as a post-sex morning after pill that gay and bisexual men can use to avoid some increasingly common sexually transmitted diseases

The Hindu

Genes fuel antibiotic resistance in Yemen cholera epidemic

In Yemen, a cholera epidemic in 2018 led to the emergence of multidrug-resistant V.cholerae strains. A study found a new plasmid in these bacteria, which conferred resistance to multiple antibiotics, including macrolides. This plasmid spread rapidly and was found in all epidemic samples by 2019. Genetic exchange and clinical macrolide use may…

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