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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.

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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

The Independent UK

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

Deaths are occurring from antibiotics resistance in the region.

Newcastle Herald

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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 Independent UK

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.

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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:

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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.

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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.

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'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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Bleak warning after setback in medication fight

There's a bleak warning to patients and medical workers over fears serious infections are becoming more resistant to antibiotics as prescription rates jump.

AAP

Australia’s overuse of antibiotics found to be driving rate of drug-resistant infections

Report finds more than a third of population had at least one antimicrobial prescription subsidised by Australian government in 2022

The Guardian - AU

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

The Conversation

Bioprospecting the unknown: how bacterial enzymes encoded by unknown genes might help clean up pollution

Enzymes are biological nanomachines. They make almost all of life’s chemistry happen, when and where required.

Zenger

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

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