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ANTIBIOTIC OVERUSE IN ANIMALS
Regulator set to monitor antimicrobial resistanceTo combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR), India's drug regulatory authority is collaborating with the Department of Animal Husbandry and Da...- Superbug crisis: Antibiotic-resistant superbugs may kill 4 crore people worldwide, claims new studySuperbugs: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could claim over 39 million lives globally by 2050, warns a study in The Lancet. The report highl...
- Investors with $13 trillion urge climate approach to superbugsAntimicrobial resistance, also known as AMR, kills nearly 1.3 million people a year and occurs when germs become resistant to drugs. If lef...
- Do you really need that antibiotic?Swallowing an antibiotic is like carpet-bombing the trillions of microorganisms that live in the gut, killing not just the bad but the good...
- Crocodiles protected against fungal infections, could help human medicine
- AMR action: Kerala to cancel licences of pharmacies selling antibiotics without prescriptionThe WHO has said the emergence and spread of drug-resistant pathogens that have acquired new resistance mechanisms continues to threaten ou...
- Too much of a good thing: How antibiotics made superbugsantibiotics are becoming less effective against infections.
- From plant-based meat to non-vegetarian fuelPlant-based meat alternatives won’t replace good quality meat from healthy animals raised in good conditions.
- Antibiotics for Covid cases worsen India’s superbug crisisDoctors battling to save lives amid a dearth of effective treatments are turning to the medicines they have on hand — often antibiotics tha...
- Oxford University's new mega centre to combat global antibiotic resistanceThe university experts warn that it is arguably the greatest economic and healthcare challenge facing the world post-Covid and therefore th...
- Intensive farming may increase risk of epidemics, scientists warnThe scientists, including those from the University of Sheffield in the UK, said overuse of antibiotics, high animal numbers, and low genet...
- Berry boost: This fruit can combat bacterial infections, make antibiotics work betterCranberry extract increases bacterial sensitivity to antibiotics by acting in two ways.
- Do you often take antibiotics, even without a prescription? It could turn minor infections into a major health concernStudies have shown that around 50-60% of antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary.
- Food regulator to curb use of antibiotics in food itemsOnce the new regulation is in place, FSSAI will do surprise inspections and random sampling to check such products do not contain antibioti...
- Health ministry moves to limit antibiotics in meatThe ministry has specified the maximum permissible limits of various antibiotics in meat products.
- Overuse of antibiotics in animals to worsen India’s AMR problem: StudyIndia is expected to see an 82% increase in consumption of antibiotics in “food animals” from 2,633 tons of antibiotics in 2013, showed a n...
- We are on the cusp of an 'apocalyptic scenario' with antibioticsWhile powerful drugs can be useful for fighting infections, research suggests we're giving them far too often and in higher doses than nece...
- Anti Microbial Resistance is development challenge, not just health security risk: IndiaIssue of AMR should be seen holistically as a "development challenge" instead of interpreting it narrowly as a health security risk.
- AMR a development challenge, not just a health security risk: IndiaWHO has warned of a "post-antibiotic era" where common infections could become difficult to treat due to the overuse or misuse of antibioti...
- Antibiotic crisis needs united global response: ExpertsGrowing resistance to antibiotics and other drugs demands a co-ordinated global response on the same scale as efforts to address climate ch...
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