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In a study of over one million kids, researchers found that early antibiotic use was linked to higher rates of asthma.
Experts say this new study highlights a more than tenfold increase in AMR-related infections in children in just three years.
Antibiotics may have saved countless lives, but overuse and misuse have led to the rise of superbugs that are bacteria-resistant to the most powerful medications. Superbugs are associated with ...
While the ‘Men in Black’ are busy raging tariff wars and scrapping basic human rights and freedoms, cartoon characters are taking to the streets, joining the resistance. Pikachu is one of ...
Padma Shri 2021, Hematologist, Chief Medical Officer, Swami Vivekananda Medical Mission, Wayanad, on how the WASH strategy can help tackle the global threat of Antibiotic Resistance (AMR).
This process, known as bacterial conjugation, is a key mechanism by which genetic traits, particularly antibiotic resistance, are shared among bacterial populations. While conjugation has ...
Drug-resistant infections - especially from deadly bacteria like tuberculosis and staph - are a growing global health crisis. These infections are harder to treat, often require more expensive or ...
A highly drug-resistant strain of Acinetobacter baumannii, mainly of the globally dominant GC2 lineage, has been found circulating in a Malaysian hospital, raising major public health concerns.
"Antibiotic resistance is one of the major threats to modern medicine," said Professor Ronan McCarthy, who led the research at Brunel University of London's Antimicrobial Innovations Center.
A virulent strain of antibiotic-resistant ‘superbug’ bacteria that causes severe disease has been found circulating in a Malaysian hospital, a new study by academics has revealed. The threat ...
4/2/25 (LAPost.com) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified Candida auris – a deadly and drug-resistant fungus – as an “urgent threat” due to its rapid ...
A virulent strain of antibiotic-resistant superbug that causes severe disease has been found circulating in a Malaysian hospital—posing significant challenges to global public health ...