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January 19, 2017

Person-to-person contact may cause most drug-resistant TB cases

The worst form of drug-resistant tuberculosis isn't just arising from inadequate treatment, it's mostly being spread from person to person, according to a new study of hundreds of cases in South Africa that has important implications for how the deadly disease is treated.

January 16, 2017

Gonorrhea may become resistant to all antibiotics sooner than anticipated

Researchers said that the bacteria that cause gonorrhea, which have vanquished multiple other antibiotics, are starting to evade the only remaining treatments.

January 16, 2017

Health officials find first cases of new superbug in US

Just five months after federal health officials asked hospitals and physicians to be on the lookout for an often-fatal, antibiotic-resistant fungus called Candida auris, 13 cases have been reported, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.

January 13, 2017

A Nevada woman dies of a superbug resistant to every available antibiotic in the US

Doctors say this case is yet another sign that we need to be taking antibiotic resistance seriously.

November 30, 2016

Antiseptic invented in 1912 could battle viruses and superbugs

An antiseptic that German scientists invented in 1912 using coal tar has the potential to help treat and prevent both viral and bacterial infections, according to new research out of the Hudson Institute of Medical Research in Australia.

November 3, 2016

WHO advises proper washing, no shaving in fight against hospital superbugs

Patients going for surgery should bathe or shower beforehand but their surgical site should not be shaved, and antibiotics should be used to prevent infections before and during surgery, but not afterwards, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

October 24, 2016

Superbugs no match for Tasmanian devil milk

Forget mother's milk, the real good stuff is devil's milk.

September 21, 2016

Rising concern over drug-resistant germs prompts UN response

World leaders are pushing to end the overuse of antibiotics and to encourage the development of new medicines, driven by concern that drug-resistant germs could lead to millions of deaths and undermine the global economy.

September 19, 2016

No change in hospital antibiotic use overall in recent years

Between 2006 and 2012, antibiotic use in hospitals in general did not change, and the use of a class of drugs tied most closely to antibiotic resistance actually increased, according to a new study.

September 19, 2016

Drug resistance in people and animals may push millions into poverty: World Bank

If drug-resistant infections in people and animals are allowed to spread unchecked, some 28 million people will fall into poverty by 2050, and a century of progress in health will be reversed, the World Bank said on Monday.