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10 'superbug' stories from 2024, from bacterial 'Kryptonite' to deep-sea antibiotics

Antibiotic and antifungal drug resistance pose a major public health threat. Live Science is covering the spread of this problem and the potential solutions that are emerging in turn.

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How to detect more antimicrobial resistant bacteria in our waterways

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in waterways presents a critical threat. If commonly used antibiotics are deemed useless, decades of progress in human medicine and agriculture could be undermined.

The Conversation

'Medicine needed an alternative': How the 'phage whisperer' aims to replace antibiotics with viruses

"Both understood phages as medicinal agents, which the rest of the medical field viewed as nonsensical."

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Letters to the Editor: November 2024

On antibiotics, accommodations, and scorn

The Walrus

Man who almost died several times after tooth extraction issues warning to others

Greg Hutton estimated it has cost the NHS around £400,000 to keep him alive

The Independent UK

Man who almost died after tooth extraction calls for changes to medical guidance

Greg Hutton, 62, wants to see changes to Nice guidance after surviving two bouts of endocarditis, a serious and often fatal heart infection.

Evening Standard

39 Medical Professionals Spill The Beans On Common Health Misconceptions

Many people may have fallen for some of the popular health myths. Now, medical experts are debunking them in this Reddit thread. The post 39 Medical Professionals Spill The Beans On Common Health Misconceptions first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Diagnostic dilemma: A woman cleaned her fish tank and ended up in the hospital

A bacterial infection that rarely occurs in the United States hit a woman in Maryland after she cleaned her home aquarium.

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Treating Appendicitis In Children: Which Is Better, Antibiotics Or Surgery?

Treatment with antibiotics is a safe, cost-effective alternative to laparoscopic appendectomy for pediatric uncomplicated appendicitis, a recent study revealed.

Medical Daily

Minister criticises ‘failures’ in care of boy who died week after hospital visit

Yusuf Mahmud Nazir died on November 23 2022, eight days after he was seen at Rotherham Hospital and sent home with antibiotics.

Evening Standard

Family welcomes start of new investigation into death of boy sent home from A&E

Yusuf Mahmud Nazir, five, died eight days after he was seen at Rotherham Hospital and sent home with antibiotics.

Evening Standard

Telanagana: Spurious antibiotics worth Rs 1.33 crore seized from a pharmaceutical company

The drugs-control-administration">Drugs Control Administration, Telangana, seized a huge stock of antibiotics worth Rs 1.33 Crores from a manufacturing facility on Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Why is it so difficult to make a new antibiotic?

The discovery of antibiotics is one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. Before antibiotics, childbirth, a urinary tract infection, or a simple cut could lead to death from infection.

The Conversation

Curious history of life-saving viruses

Bacteria-eating viruses called bacteriophages are drawing new interest, Lina Zeldovich writes in her new book

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The Conversation

We studied drug-resistant bacteria on hospital surfaces in six countries. This is what we found

Antimicrobial resistance happens when bacteria and other microbes that can cause infections gain the ability to resist treatment by antibiotics or other antimicrobial medicines.

The Conversation

Antibiotic resistance threatens to “undo a century of medical progress”: 5 essential reads

Who hasn’t been prescribed antibiotics by a doctor – for a chest infection or perhaps a sore throat? It’s terrifying to think that these infections can become life threatening if the antibiotic drugs needed to treat them stop working.

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Flies carry bacteria – and some of those are resistant to antibiotics. What we found in three South African hospices

Houseflies live close to humans and domesticated animals and because they are so mobile they can easily spread bacteria that make people sick.

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‘It is a pandemic’: UK’s envoy on superbugs says scale of threat underestimated

Dame Sally Davies says action on deadly antibiotic-resistant infections must be prioritised

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Drug-resistant Superbugs: Ukraine's Other Wartime Enemy

Ukrainian soldier Anton Sushko, severely wounded, thought he was finally safe when he spotted a rescue team after crawling for hours through the battlefield in eastern Ukraine.

The Conversation

Fighting antibiotic resistance at the source – using machine learning to identify bacterial resistance genes and the drugs to block them

Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health problem around the world. When bacteria like E. coli no longer respond to antibiotics, infections become harder to treat.

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Rise of almost untreatable superbug linked to a common antibiotic

‘Surprising’ finding by Australian-led study is first recorded instance of one antibiotic causing resistance to another in a different class

LiveScience

Why does dairy make antibiotics less effective?

Dairy products can affect the way certain medications work. But why?

The Independent UK

Whooping cough is at a decade-high level in US

U.S. health officials say whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year

The Conversation

Oral vaccines could provide relief for people who suffer regular UTIs. Here’s how they work

In a recent TikTok video, Australian media personality Abbie Chatfield shared she was starting a vaccine to protect against urinary tract infections (UTIs).

The Guardian - UK

UK supermarkets not doing enough to tackle antibiotic misuse, report says

Findings come amid growing concerns about overuse of medicines in farm animals and rise of superbugs

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