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Antibiotics are being inappropriately prescribed for COVID, increasing the threat of antimicrobial resistance – research

Antibiotics are drugs designed to treat infections caused by bacteria (for example, skin infections). They don’t work on infections caused by other microbes such as viruses (including COVID and flu) or fungi (for example, thrush).

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Women must now have two symptoms before they can be diagnosed with UTI

It is being said that diagnosing urinary tract infections correctly will 'support appropriate management' and reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics

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New symptoms you must have before GP can say you have UTI, and give antibiotics

Fewer women will now be handed pills for a 'water infection'

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Antibiotic innovation helps fight against superbugs

RMIT scientists have created a new type of antibiotic that can be rapidly re-engineered to avoid resistance by dangerous superbugs.

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Health: Antibiotic May Help Fight Against Superbugs, Says Study

A novel antibiotic created by RMIT University researchers may be instantly altered to prevent developing resistance to dangerous superbugs.

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Boy swallows battery and survives after it stays stuck in his throat for FIVE weeks

Luke McMillan, 5, from Arizona, US, kept rubbing his ears and was taken to the doctors by his mum when he was told he had an ear infection and prescribed antibiotics but it didn't go away

Daily Mirror

The fight against antibiotic resistance is growing more urgent, but artificial intelligence can help

Since the discovery of penicillin in the late 1920s, antibiotics have “revolutionized medicine and saved millions of lives.” Unfortunately, the effectiveness of antibiotics is now threatened by the increase of antibiotic-resistant bacteria globally.

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Researchers Reveals How Antibiotic Helps To Fight Against Superbugs

Researchers from RMIT University have developed a novel antibiotic that can be quickly modified to avoid becoming resistant to harmful superbugs. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Mayo Clinic Q and A: 6 UTI myths and facts

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: As a woman in my mid-60s, I have been diagnosed with a urinary tract infection for the first time ever. I was surprised to find out that I don't need antibiotics because I don't have any symptoms. There's a lot of conflicting information online about UTIs, like…

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Relief for millions of UTI sufferers with new medicine breakthrough

Experts are calling gepotidacin a massive step forwards in the fight against resistance to antibiotics

The Independent UK

Plant toxin hailed as ‘new weapon’ in antibiotic war against bacteria

Scientists say albicidin has allowed them to take a giant step forward to creating a powerful new range of antibacterial drugs

The Guardian - UK

Five-month-old baby has '20 year smoker's cough because of mouldy home'

Seven people across three generations are living in the Dublin flat, all of whom have been on antibiotics to combat illnesses they contracted they say as a result of the damp conditions

Daily Mirror

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Understanding ear infections

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 4-year-old daughter already has had three ear infections this winter. When she isn't feeling well, our entire family is miserable. The pediatrician says she may continue to get more infections and it is just her body. Why do some kids get ear infections so easily? And…

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Five-month-old baby has 20 year smoker's cough resident says, down to mould in Council housing

The baby has a shadow on her lung and everyone in the house has been on antibiotics

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EU must do more to tackle antibiotic shortages, say patient groups

The European Union's drug regulator needs to do more to tackle shortages of some widely-used antibiotics in the region, according to a letter from a group of European patient and consumer organisations reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

'Super-gonorrhea' warning as people urged to reduce number of sexual partners

The new strain of the sexually transmitted disease proved resistant to five different antibiotics leading scientists to become concerned of the possibilites of a wider outbreak

The Independent UK

Plant toxin discovery could boost fight against antibiotics resistance

Scientists say albicin, which has a unique way of killing harmful bacteria, is one of the strongest antibiotic candidates in decades.

Fortune

A ‘super strain’ of gonorrhea circulating in the U.S. is so powerful that it can evade many antibiotics used to treat it, experts say

The case comes amid “a rising epidemic of sexually transmitted disease” in the U.S., a public health expert told Fortune.

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How do you vaccinate a honeybee? 6 questions answered about a new tool for protecting pollinators

Honeybees, which pollinate one-third of the crops Americans eat, face many threats, including infectious diseases. On Jan. 4, 2023, a Georgia biotechnology company called Dalan Animal Health announced that it had received a conditional license from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a vaccine designed to protect honeybees against American…

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Why cholera continues to threaten many African countries

Malawi is facing its worst cholera outbreak in two decades. The outbreak started early in 2022 and has, so far, resulted in over 18,000 cases and the loss of 750 lives. It’s also forced the closure of schools and many businesses. Microbiologist Sam Kariuki, who is the director of Kenya’s…

Irish Mirror

Full list of 219 medicines there is currently a shortage of - including cough syrups and key antibiotics

Some medicines are not expected to be back in stock for months - with Benylin Dry Coughs Syrup expected to remain off the shelves until April

The Independent UK

Over-40s on antibiotics ‘nearly 50 per cent more likely to develop Crohn’s disease’

The researchers recorded 36,000 cases of colitis and nearly 17,000 new cases of Crohn’s disease

Tribune News Service

Mayo Clinic Minute: What are superbugs?

Antibiotics treat bacterial infections, prevent the spread of disease and reduce serious complications of disease. But misusing antibiotics can lead to drug resistance and strains of superbugs.

ABC News

River Murray flooding kills 'thousands' of wombats, but rescuers work to save survivors

Crews take to the swollen River Murray in search of wombats in need most days, but only those in the most dire of circumstances can be taken into care.

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Nationwide shortage of common antibiotics

Several antibiotics used to treat infections in children are in short supply, sparking concerns among doctors and pharmacists.

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