October 24, 2015 The rise of superbugs: How antibiotic resistance develops and how you can help stop it Even the man who discovered penicillin in the 1940s knew that one day antibiotics could become useless if used improperly.
October 24, 2015 FDA updates safety alert for 'superbug' scopes U.S. health regulators issued an updated safety alert on Wednesday for endoscopes linked to drug-resistant "superbug" bacteria in California hospitals.
October 24, 2015 UK's David Cameron says superbugs could send us back to the 'dark ages' Prime Minister David Cameron called on Wednesday for global action to tackle the threat of drug-resistant superbugs and said Britain planned to take a leading role in finding ways to spur the development of new antibiotics.
October 23, 2015 Overuse of nursing home antibiotics may put all residents at risk Some nursing home facilities prescribe antibiotics more often than others, which is tied to increased health risks, even for residents who don’t receive the medications, according to a new study.
October 23, 2015 Battling nightmare infections: U.S. CDC's plan to beat supberbugs With painstaking effort, a group of Chicago hospitals has managed to cut by half the number of infections caused by an especially deadly type of superbug. Now U.S. health officials want that kind of campaign to go national.
October 23, 2015 Device manufacturer sued again in 'superbug' outbreak at LA hospital A 76-year-old man infected with a drug-resistant "superbug" at a Los Angeles hospital has sued the manufacturer of a medical device that caused the illness in the fifth lawsuit related to the bacterial outbreak at the facility, his attorney said on Tuesday.
October 23, 2015 Actavis' superbug antibiotic gets US approval The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the use of Actavis Plc's antibiotic, Avycaz, to battle drug-resistant bacteria known as superbugs.
October 23, 2015 FDA warns makers of superbug-prone devices over testing violations Manufacturers of medical devices linked to recent superbug outbreaks at U.S. hospitals skirted a host of testing, manufacturing and reporting requirements, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in warning letters to the companies released on Monday.
October 23, 2015 1 in 25 patients battling hospital-acquired infections, CDC says On any given day, one in 25 hospitalized patients - 4 percent - is battling an infection picked up in a hospital or other healthcare facility, according to a new survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
May 6, 2015 World Tuberculosis Day 2015: 9 million new cases a year is too many. Here's how to change TB's future Every year, more than 9 million people become sick with tuberculosis (TB), placing a huge burden on families and health systems in dozens of countries considered to have a high burden of the disease.
