Antimicrobial resistance

Articles related to antimicrobial resistance

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Antibiotics are for bacterial infections – they shouldn’t be prescribed to treat viruses. Credit: PH888/Shutterstock

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

16 Feb 2023

5 min read

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Close up of petri dishes. Credit: Edward Jenner / Pexels

The silent pandemic: how drug-resistant superbugs risk becoming the world’s number one killer

21 Nov 2022

10 min read

A vaccination team going on a boat (locally made with plastic barrels) to vaccinate children against Typhoid, during the TCV campaign in Sohbatpur city. Credit: Gavi/Asad Zaidi

“It’s difficult, but we’ll find a way”: a new vaccine against typhoid rolls out in a flood-devastated province of Pakistan

4 Nov 2022

8 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Climate change Typhoid

Mitesh Shrestha, researcher at the Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology (RIBB), Balkumkari, Nepal. Credit: Chhatra Karki

How antimicrobial resistance could trigger the next health crisis in Nepal

19 Oct 2022

5 min read

Antimicrobial resistance

UK approves ‘poo transplant’ to treat antibiotic resistant superbugs

6 Sep 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance Explainer

Streptococcus pneumoniae, 3D illustration

How surveillance can detect shape-shifting bacteria to stop them evading vaccines

18 Aug 2022

4 min read

Pneumococcal Antimicrobial resistance Explainer

Could vaccines save us from antimicrobial resistance?

26 Jul 2022

7 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Typhoid Vaccine development

Antibiotics. A new platform will enable scientists from all over the world to access data on epidemiological, physical and genetic characteristics of organisms and their resistance to various antibiotics. Image by Robertas Riabovas from Pixabay

Pharma companies to share data on antimicrobial resistance

8 Jul 2022

4 min read

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Electron microscope image of Salmonella Typhi, which causes typhoid fever. Drug-resistant typhoid is now spreading worldwide from South Asia. Copyright: Alain Grillet/Sanofi Pasteur, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

‘Global response’ needed as typhoid evades antibiotics

4 Jul 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance Research summary Typhoid

A handful of medicine in form of capsules and tablets. The WHO says after decades of careless exposure to antibiotics, superbugs are now widespread and represent a “global crisis that threatens a century of progress in health.” Copyright: Marco Verch, (CC BY 2.0)

Improve antibiotics access to beat ‘silent pandemic’

10 Jun 2022

4 min read

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Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba inaugurated the TCV campaign at Kathmandu's Durbar High School – the oldest school in the country. Photo credit: Bijay Rai

Vaccine reaches Nepal’s provinces just in time for typhoid season

14 Apr 2022

5 min read

Typhoid Vaccine campaigns Antimicrobial resistance

Review: Salt in My Soul

26 Jan 2022

5 min read

Book club Antimicrobial resistance

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