Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Antibiotics

"Avoid antibiotics": Know why IMA issued advisory amid rising cases of fever

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday released an advisory urging people to avoid taking antibiotics like Azithromycin and Amoxiclav. The advisory signed by Dr Sharad Kumar Agarwal, National President, IMA, and other members has said that taking antibiotics when there is no requirement of it, leads to antibiotic resistance.

The Times of India

Bacteria-killing viruses could combat antibiotic resistance, says UK scientist

Prof Martha Clokie says phages could become routine for some conditions

The Guardian - UK

One easy way to fight the evolution of antibiotic resistance: Hand washing

It's well known that good hand hygiene can prevent illness. But can it thwart the development of bacterial resistance as well?

Fortune

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

One easy way to fight antibiotic resistance? Good hand hygiene

Can washing your hands help stop the evolution of antibiotic resistance? Mathematically, it’s possible.

The Conversation

Climate change is fuelling the rise of superbugs. What can we do to save ourselves?

The next time you need to take antibiotics, they may not work. So you may be prescribed a different antibiotic, which also may not work. Maybe nothing works.

The Conversation

‘Looming global health crisis’: urgent action needed to prevent spread of drug-resistant superbugs, CSIRO says

National science agency warns of a ‘post-antibiotic world’ in 2050, marked by declines in lifespan, quality of life and livestock production

The Guardian - AU

Salmon company Tassal tried to block release of report on antibiotic use, documents show

Memo to Tasmania’s Environmental Protection Agency reveals standoff with company after more than two tonnes of oxytetracycline used at fish farms

The Guardian - AU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

EPA confirms salmon giant Tassal tried to stop public release of report on antibiotic use in fish farms

The head of Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority confirms the state's largest fish farmer tried to prevent a report on antibiotic use in its fish pens being released because it was 'commercial in confidence'.

ABC News

Couple suffer devastation after infection pregnant mums 'need to be aware of'

The parents claim their son's death was avoidable and want to raise awareness of the Group B Strep so other parents do not suffer the traumatic episode

Wales Online

Dublin pharmacies 'prepared' for hay fever season amid fears over shortages

There are 247 medicines used by Irish patients currently out of stock, which includes some hay fever sprays, 11 different eye drop products, inhalers and some antibiotics

Dublin Live

One in three patients unaware or misinformed about the use of antibiotics, study claims

And one in 10 people say they would take antibiotics even if they didn't need them, 'just to be on the safe side'

Wales Online

Resistance To Antibiotics Could Lead To Millions Of Global Deaths: Study

Human drug resistance is a result of damaged healthcare infrastructure, medicine shortages, metal pollution, and poor hygiene

Zenger

New symptoms you must have before GP can say you have UTI and prescribe antibiotics

Doctors have been given new guidelines for diagnosing UTIs in a bid to reduce the number of antibiotics given out and prevent resistance to the drugs

Daily Mirror

Antibiotics are being inappropriately prescribed for COVID, increasing the threat of antimicrobial resistance – research

Antibiotics are drugs designed to treat infections caused by bacteria (for example, skin infections). They don’t work on infections caused by other microbes such as viruses (including COVID and flu) or fungi (for example, thrush).

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Chronicle Live

Women must now have two symptoms before they can be diagnosed with UTI

It is being said that diagnosing urinary tract infections correctly will 'support appropriate management' and reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics

Wales Online

New symptoms you must have before GP can say you have UTI, and give antibiotics

Fewer women will now be handed pills for a 'water infection'

inkl

Antibiotic innovation helps fight against superbugs

RMIT scientists have created a new type of antibiotic that can be rapidly re-engineered to avoid resistance by dangerous superbugs.

Dynamite News

Health: Antibiotic May Help Fight Against Superbugs, Says Study

A novel antibiotic created by RMIT University researchers may be instantly altered to prevent developing resistance to dangerous superbugs.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Boy swallows battery and survives after it stays stuck in his throat for FIVE weeks

Luke McMillan, 5, from Arizona, US, kept rubbing his ears and was taken to the doctors by his mum when he was told he had an ear infection and prescribed antibiotics but it didn't go away

The Conversation

The fight against antibiotic resistance is growing more urgent, but artificial intelligence can help

Since the discovery of penicillin in the late 1920s, antibiotics have “revolutionized medicine and saved millions of lives.” Unfortunately, the effectiveness of antibiotics is now threatened by the increase of antibiotic-resistant bacteria globally.

Dynamite News

Researchers Reveals How Antibiotic Helps To Fight Against Superbugs

Researchers from RMIT University have developed a novel antibiotic that can be quickly modified to avoid becoming resistant to harmful superbugs. Read further on Dynamite News:

Tribune News Service

Mayo Clinic Q and A: 6 UTI myths and facts

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: As a woman in my mid-60s, I have been diagnosed with a urinary tract infection for the first time ever. I was surprised to find out that I don't need antibiotics because I don't have any symptoms. There's a lot of conflicting information online about UTIs, like…

The Independent UK

Relief for millions of UTI sufferers with new medicine breakthrough

Experts are calling gepotidacin a massive step forwards in the fight against resistance to antibiotics

The Guardian - UK

Plant toxin hailed as ‘new weapon’ in antibiotic war against bacteria

Scientists say albicidin has allowed them to take a giant step forward to creating a powerful new range of antibacterial drugs

Daily Mirror

Five-month-old baby has '20 year smoker's cough because of mouldy home'

Seven people across three generations are living in the Dublin flat, all of whom have been on antibiotics to combat illnesses they contracted they say as a result of the damp conditions

1 … 22 23 24 25

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

University of Leicester

29 stories

Indian Medical Association

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Artificial Intelligence

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.