How to get big pharma to launch a war on superbugs
Antibiotic resistance, experts said, was escalating to the point where routine and once highly treatable infections might soon become unresponsive to medicine.
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Israel has vaccinated 1.8 million out of its population of 8.65 million residents (left, inset)), according to data tracking by Bloomberg, while the US has vaccinated 2.5% (right, inset). Just 150,000 Americans have had second shots. The small nation has deployed its military to help run mass vaccination sites 24 hours a day, seven days … Read more
Over-the-counter lozenges for a sore throat may be fueling the rise of superbugs
Over-the-counter (OTC) lozenges for a sore throat may be fueling the rise of superbugs, research suggests. A study found antibiotics added to non-prescriptions remedies often fail to wipe out the bacteria causing a patient’s symptoms. Researchers worry this will strengthen bacteria and enable the species to evolve antibiotic resistance. Over-the-counter lozenges for a sore throat … Read more
Hospital privacy curtains are breeding grounds for deadly superbugs
Antibiotics have been doled out unnecessarily by GPs and hospital staff for decades, fueling once harmless bacteria to become superbugs. The World Health Organization (WHO) has previously warned if nothing is done the world is heading for a ‘post-antibiotic’ era. It claimed common infections, such as chlamydia, will become killers without immediate solutions to the … Read more