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Common weedkiller in Australian homes linked to ‘superbug’ threat, study warns of rising antimicrobial resistance beyond antibiotic misuseA common weedkiller used widely in Australia may be contributing to the rise of superbugs. New research suggests this chemical can drive ba...- How an 80-year-old antibiotic can become a wonder drug to defeat world's most dangerous infectionsResearchers are studying streptothricin, an old antibiotic, for its potential to fight drug-resistant superbugs. The antibiotic, now named ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Most healthy Indians resistant to common antibiotics: StudyInappropriate use of antibiotics is the biggest cause of drug resistance in humans.
- 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.
- Antibiotic use in poultry sector rampant: CSECSE yesterday slammed the All India Poultry Development and Services Private Limited for its advertisement and said it was "complete misrep...
- Are Indian pharma firms breeding superbugs, and should it scare us all?One study of a particular common pathogen in an Indian hospital found that about seven per cent of the specimens were resistant to even the...
- New incentives needed to develop antibiotics to fight superbugsAmerican military researchers on Thursday announced the first U.S. case of a patient with an infection found to be resistant to the antibio...
- A newly-discovered antibiotic-resistant gene opens new front in the war against superbugsFirst identified in China last November, the gene has since been discovered in livestock, water, meat and vegetables for human consumption ...
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