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Drug war: On use of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance

Infectious diseases specialists and critical-care experts have for long been waving the red flag over antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, calling for rational prescription of antibiotics

The Hindu

Operation Amrith to check antibiotics abuse in Kerala

State Drugs Control department launches Operation Amrith to check antibiotics abuse & create awareness on dangers of AMR. Public can play major role in this initiative.

The Hindu

Scientists Discover New Drug That Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Antimicrobial resistance is a major public health concern around the world.

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Revolutionary Antibiotic Breakthrough: Tackling Deadly Drug-Resistant Bacteria!

Researchers make strides in the battle against antibiotic resistance with a potential new class of drugs to combat drug-resistant bacteria, like CRAB.

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Drugs Control Administration seizes fake antibiotics worth ₹22.95 lakh

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55% of patients were prescribed antibiotics for preventive indications, 45% for therapeutic indications: NCDC survey

Over half of the almost 10,000 hospital patients surveyed recently were given antibiotics to prevent infection, rather than to treat it, amidst growing concerns about the rise in resistance to antibiotics.

The Hindu

Govt. plans to make all family health centres in Kerala antibiotic-smart this year

Kerala Health Minister announces programme to make all FHCs antibiotic-smart & discourage sale of antibiotics without prescription.

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Desperate Lyme patients lack answers

Gaslit and misunderstood, patients with chronic Lyme disease are calling for greater recognition of their disease

Salon

New algorithm dramatically cuts unnecessary antibiotic use in kids

An algorithm reduced rates of antibiotics use in kids treated at Tanzanian primary care facilities without compromising their chances of getting better.

LiveScience

‘Millions of women are suffering who don’t have to’: why it’s time to end the misery of UTIs

Urinary tract infections have been a cause of chronic distress for generations of menopausal women. Campaigning journalist Kate Muir argues the problem could be halved if an alternative treatment to antibiotics is better understood. So why isn’t more being done?

The Guardian - UK

Chewy among nine pet companies accused of selling unapproved medication

FDA accuses companies of violating federal law with sale of antibiotics

The Independent UK

FDA Flags Chewy for Unapproved Animal Antibiotics Sale

Animals beware! US FDA sniffs out unapproved antibiotics case. Companies like Chewy, others warned. Will the corporate kennel become the watchdog's pan?

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Antimicrobial resistance now hits lower-income countries the hardest, but superbugs are a global threat we must all fight

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the World Health Organization’s most urgent health challenges for the next decade. While AMR is a global threat, a tale of two worlds emerges, highlighting the heightened vulnerability of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

The Conversation

Mike Brown obituary

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

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The Conversation

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.

The Conversation

How does Australia's health system stack up internationally? Not bad, if you're willing to wait for it

When things are going bad in the health system, we are reassured we’ve got one of the best health systems in the world. But we’re rarely told where we actually stand relative to others.

The Independent UK

Pope Francis getting antibiotics intravenously for lung problem, limiting appointments, Vatican says

The Vatican says Pope Francis is receiving antibiotics intravenously to treat a lung inflammation but that he doesn't have pneumonia

Newcastle Herald

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

Deaths are occurring from antibiotics resistance in the region.

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The Independent UK

Always catching colds? Here’s what your doctor wants you to know

From home remedies to a GP-approved herbal remedy, this is how doctors suggest dealing with colds

The Conversation

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’…

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Medication significantly decreases TB growth, find scientists

A promising new cancer treatment looks to be especially successful against tuberculosis (TB), one of the world's most fatal infectious diseases. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Conversation

Antimicrobial resistance is a silent killer that leads to 5 million deaths a year. Solutions must include the poor

Microbes such as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi form part of our everyday lives – they live in us, on us and around us.

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

'Phage therapy' could treat some drug-resistant superbug infections, but comes with unique challenges

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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