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Resistance movement: how a play about penicillin brought the arts, science and politics together

Championed by a former chief medical officer, Lifeline is both a musical following Alexander Fleming’s discovery of the first antibiotic and a warning about the threat of superbugs in the present day

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26

Video of Tube passenger eating food from plate goes viral reigniting etiquette debate

As a TikTok video reignited the age-old debate over eating on the Tube, The Standard asked commuters outside Liverpool Street Station for their views

Evening Standard · May 28, 2025

Could antibiotics stop working? Yes – but the biggest danger isn’t prescription-happy GPs

To prevent a catastrophic failure of the drugs modern medicine relies on, look to animal farming in middle-income countries, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2025

Ex-chief medical officer had ‘nightmares’ about someone picking up Novichok vial

Dame Sally Davies told the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry that she worried someone would pick up discarded Novichok after the Skripals were poisoned.

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024

The world is facing an antibiotic emergency: a data-led plan of action is needed now

Global leaders are meeting to address the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance – millions will die unless solutions are found, says Dame Sally Davies, the UK government’s special envoy on AMR

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2024

Britain is ‘sick man of Europe’ finds new report into health of the UK

BRITAIN is the “sick man of Europe” when it comes to health, according to a new report which highlights serious concerns about a rise in the…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 17, 2024

First Thing: US threatens to block more arms sales to Israel over Rafah assault

Shipments of high-payload bombs have already been halted, and Blinken said the sale of further weapons systems may be stopped if a full-scale offensive goes ahead. Plus, the growing threat posed by drug-resistant superbugs

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2024

Rise of drug-resistant superbugs could make Covid pandemic look ‘minor’, expert warns

Common infections will kill millions if drug resistance through misuse of antibiotics is not curbed, says England’s ex-chief medical officer

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2024

‘A powerful message through song’: the UK’s Climate Choir Movement is growing

Founded in Bristol in 2022, ‘the moderate flank of protest’ has 600 members in 11 choirs

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2024

The cure for sick Britain? Restore public spending

Letters: We need a redesign of taxation to reverse the gross inequality that causes poor health, writes Rob Perrin. Plus letters from Ewan Hamnett, Angela Vnoucek and Dr James Andrade

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2023