The Latest Breaking News from Antibiotics

When the choice is between poor-quality medicine and no medicine at all

Poverty drives the market in inferior medicines just as it drives other examples of inequality. A socially integrated approach is needed to fight the problem.

360info · Jul 25, 2022

Family left heartbroken as toddler's mystery bruises turn out to be cancer

Mum Rhiannon Forster discovered the unusual marks all over two-year-old son Wyatt's neck arms and legs just days after his GP prescribed antibiotics for an ear infection.

Daily Record · Jul 21, 2022

West Australian researchers announce major breakthrough in detecting bacterial infections

In a world-first, a research team in Western Australia develops a faster method of detecting bacterial infections, in a move that should also combat antibiotic resistance.

ABC News · Jul 19, 2022

Superbug infections, deaths rose at beginning of pandemic

U.S. health officials say the toll of drug-resistant “superbug” infections worsened during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Drug resistance is killing millions

Some 1.27 million people died in 2019 directly as a result of infection because the bacteria causing the infection were resistant to the drugs designed to kill them, according to a recent study in The Lancet; overall, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is estimated to have contributed directly or indirectly to the…

Bangkok Post · Jul 6, 2022

Potentially deadly superbug found in British supermarket pork

Tests found more than 10% of sampled products resistant to antibiotic used to treat serious illnesses in humans

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2022

High antibiotic use could lead to drug resistance: study

‘Use of broad-spectrum ones rampant in India’

The Hindu · Jul 4, 2022

NSW reports century-first diphtheria case

The two-year-old child is in intensive care at a Queensland hospital, where they've been given diphtheria antitoxin, antibiotics and respiratory support.

AAP · Jul 3, 2022

Why India should support antibiotics development

India needs an investment mindset that can fund and sustain drug discovery and development

The Hindu · Jul 2, 2022

Bowel cancer risk could be increased by taking antibiotics for too long, warns study

Bowel cancer cases continue to rise at an alarming rate. Could an overuse of antibiotic be a possible cause? A new study indicates so

Daily Mirror · Jul 1, 2022