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Nurse plagued by acne for seven years cures her skin problems with an £18 fake tan

Glasgow paediatric nurse Emma Young, 23, had tried everything to cure her acne without success only for a self tanner to clear her skin

The Independent UK

Nurse cures her 'sore red' acne with £18 fake tan

Emma Young suffered breakouts that affected her confidence for seven years

Wales Online

Drugmakers urged to give poorer nations access to more antibiotics

Antifungals also needed, says study, as drug resistance has increased faster than expected, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa

The Guardian - UK

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Chilling Threat: How Climate Change Could Release World-Ending Super Bacteria

Strains of a “superpower” bacteria that could cause the world’s next deadly pandemic have been discovered by scientists in Antarctica.

Zenger

Three meningococcal disease cases confirmed in Cairns, connected to St Mary's Catholic College

Two people are receiving treatment for the disease in hospital and Queenslanders have been urged to watch out for signs and symptoms, including rashes, fevers and headaches.

ABC News

How can India deal with the challenge of anti-microbial resistance? An expert speaks

There are a number of factors that contribute to the complex challenge of antimicrobial resistance in India, including the irrational use of antibiotics and poor sanitation, says Dr Abdul Ghafur, calling for increased awareness and the involvement of policymakers and members of the public in coming together the tackle this…

The Hindu

Antibiotics can hurt your gut microbiome, leading to a deadly fungal infection — study

One of the risk factors for getting invasive candidiasis is antibiotics.

Inverse

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North Korea fighting Covid with tea and salt gargles as cases rocket past two million

North Korea has claimed it is achieving “good results” in its fight against its first confirmed Covid-19 outbreak, as the number of people with symptoms rose past 2 million

Daily Mirror

Lacking vaccines, N.Korea battles COVID with antibiotics, home remedies

Standing tall in bright red hazmat suits, five North Korean health workers stride towards an ambulance to do battle with a COVID-19 outbreak that - in the presumed absence of vaccines - the country is using antibiotics and home remedies to treat.

Reuters

Commentary: We’re losing the fight against superbugs, but there’s still hope

As parents, we inherently want to protect our children. We tell them stories with happy endings and reassure them that there aren’t monsters hiding under the bed.

Los Angeles Times

Fla. scientist probes flesh-eating bacteria for clues to next pandemic

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A bout with flesh-eating bacteria can start out with a day at the beach, a hardly worrisome cut and then, in less than 24 hours, a raging infection fought with heavy antibiotics and gruesome scalpel work.

Orlando Sentinel

Antibiotics can lead to life-threatening fungal infection because of disruption to the gut microbiome – new study

Fungal infections kill around the same number of people each year as tuberculosis. They mostly take hold in people who are vulnerable because they have a defective immune system caused by an underlying disease, such as cancer, or a viral infection, such as HIV or COVID. Our new study shows…

The Conversation

‘Phage therapy’ successes boost fight against drug-resistant infections

Two US patients recover from intractable infections, giving hope for treatments beyond antibiotics

The Guardian - UK

'I couldn’t have sex and had to crawl around my home in pain due to chronic UTI’

A woman left feeling like she was 'weeing glass' for two years after suffering a chronic UTI has told how she spent £16k having her bladder lasered to be pain-free.

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Antibiotic resistance is threatening our health. Will bacterial infection send us back to the medical dark age?

Without new antibiotics, the world is on track to re-enter the medical dark ages by 2050, when a simple cut could kill 10 million people a year. So why are they so hard to find?

The Conversation

Antibiotic use in Uganda is high: action is needed

Even before the COVID crisis, excessive use and misuse of lifesaving antibiotics had contributed to the emergence of resistant strains of disease-causing organisms. This has rendered many of the most powerful treatments in modern medicine ineffective.

Daily Mirror

I have to wee 30 times a day and paid £4,500 for surgery abroad for my chronic condition’

Carrie Esson, 25, suffers debilitating symptoms due to a chronic UTI - which was misdiagnosed for years. Only in March 2022, chronic UTIs became recognised by the NHS

The Hindu

Question corner: Can hearing loss due to aging be reversed?

Hearing loss due to aging, noise and certain cancer therapy drugs and antibiotics has been irreversi

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Martin Roberts' terrifying skin condition that spread across his body and health worry

Trips to A&E, terrifying skin conditions and heart scares -TV presenter Martin Roberts has had them all recently but is 'thankfully here to tell the tale'

France 24

Biden announces more artillery, radars for Ukraine's war against Russia

President Joe Biden on Friday announced new US commitments of weaponry for Ukraine in its fight to repel Russia's invasion, but said funding was close to running out and urged Congress to authorise more. To see how all the day's events unfolded, read our liveblog below. All times are Paris…

ABC News

Antibiotic resistance detected in the food chain could have implications for human health, new study finds

Experts believe that antibiotic resistance will become a global problem in the long term, with a new study finding high rates of resistance in samples of salmon and beef.

The Conversation

India planned to eliminate TB by 2025, but it's estimated half a million Indians are still dying from it every year

In India in 2021, an estimated 504,000 people died from tuberculosis, or TB. That’s almost one per minute. More than a quarter of the estimated TB cases worldwide are in India.

Benzinga

Qualigen Takes Stake In NanoSynex To Gain Access To Next-Gen Diagnostic Platform

Qualigen Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:QLGN) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in NanoSynex Ltd, an Israeli-based developer of next-generation diagnostics technology. NanoSynex's Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) platform provides rapid, accurate, and personalized tests for bacterial infections to quickly match the correct antibiotics to treat a patient's particular infection. Antibiotic misuse and overuse have given…

Manchester Evening News

Family finally get answers after baby sons's tragic death in hospital aged just 10 days

Coroner Peter Sigee said there was a catalogue of “individual and systemic failures” in Kingsley Olasupo’s care at Royal Bolton Hospital

Manchester Evening News

Tragic baby with meningitis was neglected by hospital trust after 'individual and systemic failures'

Kingsley Olasupo's family are now campaigning for a permanent memorial to the tot to remind healthcare staff 'simple mistakes can lead to a catastrophic outcome'

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