Antibiotic- resistant bacteria Archives

Antibiotic pollution is flooding the world’s rivers, new survey shows

Jun 15, 2019

In a large-scale survey of the world’s rivers, researchers have found antibiotics in about two-thirds, according to ScienceNews.org. Environmental antibiotic pollution fuels the rise of drug resistance, a globa...

Antibiotic resistance as much a threat as climate change, says UK chief medical officer

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May 5, 2019

Health, Science

Growing resistance to antibiotics is as serious a threat to humanity as climate change, and a similarly broad-based activism campaign is needed to prevent disaster, according to England’s chief medical officer ...

Antibiotic resistance could kill over 2.4 million by 2050, says report

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Nov 9, 2018

Health, Science

A new report estimates that antibiotic resistant infections could kill roughly 2.4 million in Europe, North America, and Australia by 2050, according to The Guardian. The Organization for Economic Co-operation ...

New molecule offers a novel approach to combat drug resistant microbes

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Sep 12, 2018

Health, Innovation, Science

A new drug uses fresh tactics to kill potentially deadly drug-resistant bacteria, which have become increasingly common in recent years. The new antibiotic was described in a report published Wednesday in the j...

Drug-resistant typhoid outbreak spreading rapidly in Pakistan

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Jul 17, 2018

Health, Science, World

A drug-resistant strain of typhoid is spreading in Pakistan, infecting over 2000 people in the past 6 months, according to Science. The new XDR (extensively drug resistant) strain of Salmonella typhi is vulnera...

New “super-antibiotic” could bolster last line of defense against drug resistance

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May 31, 2017

Health, Innovation, Science

A new “super-antibiotic” has been developed to combat drug resistant bacteria, which is 25,000 times stronger than its predecessor, vancomycin 1.0. The new drug, vancomycin 3.0, uses a three-pronged method to c...

Stronger action is needed to combat drug resistant microbes

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May 21, 2017

Health, Opinion, Policy, Science

Already, a shocking 23,000 people die in the US each year from bacteria that have evolved a resistance to existing antibiotics. These drug-resistant infections kill an estimated 700,000 people each year globall...

A new UK study predicts a resurgence in antibiotic-resistant infections

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Nov 17, 2016

Health, Science

For decades, scientists have been tracking an alarming trend: the ability of bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics. Simply put, the few bacteria to survive an onslaught of antibiotics are the strong ones,...

Researchers develop model to show evolution of drug resistant bacteria

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Sep 12, 2016

Health, Science

Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have designed a model to show the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria. In doing so, the model also demonstrates Dar...

FDA announces ban on antibacterial chemicals

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Sep 3, 2016

Health, Science

On Friday the 2nd, the United States Food and Drug Administration banned the sale of soaps containing 19 different antibacterial chemicals, asserting that the industry had failed to prove that they were either ...

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