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Letter to DCGI seeks emergency use nod for investigational antibiotics to save lives

Intensivists and infectious diseases specialists, faced with a dire situation where effective antibiotics to treat drug-resistant infections are lacking, have called on the government to allow emergency use authorisation (EUA), as successfully done during the COVID-19 pandemic, for certain life-saving drugs.

The Hindu

Endometriosis may be caused by a common gut bacteria, small study suggests

New research offers a possible link between endometriosis and a common bacteria that can be treated with antibiotics.

LiveScience

'Doctors thought my baby was reacting to an infection but I pushed for a scan - leading to emergency brain surgery'

Doctors gave baby Seb antibiotics but when they had no long-term effect mum Victoria kept going back to the doctors until he was scanned and given tests

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Mrs Hinch says 'everything feels like fog' as son, 3, rushed to hospital with 40C temperature

The social media influencer - real name, Sophie Hinchliffe - apologised for 'radio silence' over the last week, as her son's temperature alarmingly spiked to over 40C

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Warning as cases of medieval disease surge - and most would dismiss symptoms

It's also 'becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics' and there is a risk of it 'becoming untreatable in the future'

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Experts say infections and antibiotics may be behind surge of colon cancer under 40s

With colon cancer numbers on the rise in individuals under 40 years old, doctors and researchers have published several studies just this year to try and determine the cause.

Daily Mirror

Will the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ leave out antimicrobial resistance?

Removing antimicrobial resistance from the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ will leave humanity extremely vulnerable to future pandemics, and this is what an update to the instrument in late May indicated.

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Ancient deadly disease could be tackled through DNA as UK mutant superstrains feared

TB is overtaking Covid-19 as the most deadly infectious disease and experts fear mutant superstrains could be imported to Britain

Daily Mirror

Removing antimicrobial resistance from the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ will leave humanity extremely vulnerable to future pandemics

In late May, the latest version of the draft Pandemic Instrument, also referred to as the “pandemic treaty,” was shared with Member States at the World Health Assembly. The text was made available online via Health Policy Watch and it quickly became apparent that all mentions of addressing antimicrobial resistance…

The Conversation

Symptoms of 'most common STI you've never heard of' that could cause cancer

If it is diagnosed, patients with Trich are usually prescribed antibiotics, which clear up the infection quickly

Irish Mirror

Explained | Abaucin, the potential new antibiotic found with machine-learning

Researchers in the US and Canada have reported rediscovering a known compound called abaucin for its antibacterial properties against Acinetobacter baumannii, a notorious pathogenic bacteria known to resist multiple antibiotics, using machine learning.

The Hindu

'Doctors wouldn't diagnose my son with strep A as symptoms look different on Black skin'

Last year's worrying scarlet fever outbreak in Britain posed a particular problem for Black parents who weren't told about what to look for on their children's skin

Daily Mirror

UTI trial the latest front in 'turf war' between Pharmacy Guild and peak GP group

A Queensland pilot allowing pharmacists to prescribe antibiotics for UTIs was popular with patients, but the peak body for GPs has serious concerns with the program and it's opened up a new front in their turf war with pharmacists.

ABC News

Symptoms of 7 Victorian diseases making a comeback in UK - see all warning signs

Clean water, good food, education, antibiotics and vaccinations have meant over the last 150 years the improvements in preventing and treating diseases spreading has been remarkable, with some eradicated completely

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Scientists use AI to discover new antibiotic against deadly hospital superbug

‘AI methods afford us the opportunity to vastly increase the rate at which we discover new antibiotics’

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Scientists tackle deadly bug that attacks the weak and lives on surfaces and door handles

Premature babies and those with compromised immune systems are particularly vulnerable to the infection, which can survive on surfaces for long periods

Wales Online

Cheap pill found to cure acne in weeks during trial for blood pressure treatment

It comes as other treatments are falling out of favour

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This Is What Happens After Antibiotic Resistance Takes Hold — And It’s Already a Huge Problem

Antibiotic tolerance happens when a bacterium survives for a long time after exposure to an antibiotic.

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Inside A Wild Method to Resurrect Ancient Molecules And Concoct New Antibiotics

Exploring Earth's microbial past presents exciting opportunities to recover lost chemistry.

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Study: Antibiotics don’t have to cause ‘collateral damage’ to vital gut bacteria

Scientists have discovered drugs that lessen the collateral damage ro the gut caused by antibiotics without compromising their effectiveness.

The Independent UK

Cancer patient’s tongue turned black and hairy ‘after rare antibiotics reaction’

The sixty-year-old patient’s face skin also turned grey, doctors say

LiveScience

'Lost' bacteria found on Neanderthal teeth could be used to develop new antibiotics

Fossilized dental plaque from archaic humans is revealing extinct bacteria that could lead to the development of new medicine.

Daily Mirror

'Doctor misread scan and gave me antibiotics - now I'm 33 with incurable cancer'

Victoria Power had a history of cancer after beating the disease in 2017 but more than five years on it was back after doctors told her there was nothing to worry about

The Independent UK

Cancer patient’s tongue turned black and hairy ‘after rare antibiotics reaction’

The sixty-year-old patient’s face skin also turned grey, doctors say

Daily Mirror

'I feared being labelled 'the angry Black woman' - but 5 weeks later my baby was dead'

Lois Carew Doyley had one breech birth before her second child died at five weeks old, and says she still wasn't listened to at the birth of her third baby despite knowing the treatment she needed

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