INFECTIOUS DISEASE 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.
Superbugs 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.
Superbugs October 24, 2016 Superbugs no match for Tasmanian devil milk Forget mother's milk, the real good stuff is devil's milk.
Superbugs 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.
Medications 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.
Superbugs 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.
Superbugs September 7, 2016 Deconstructing the CDC's superbug death estimates In 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released estimates of how many people in the country die every year from antibiotic resistant infections: 23,000.
Superbugs September 7, 2016 'Superbug' scourge spreads as US fails to track rising human toll Josiah Cooper-Pope, born 15 weeks premature, did fine in the neonatal intensive care unit for the first 10 days of his life.
Superbugs August 30, 2016 UN Health revises advice for 3 infections transmitted by sex The U.N health agency says three common infections transmitted by sex are increasingly resisting antibiotics, and is calling on doctors and patients to make sure the right drugs and doses are used.
Superbugs August 29, 2016 Researchers find first US bacteria with worrisome superbug genes New Jersey researchers said on Monday they had identified perhaps the first strain of E. Coli bacteria in the United States with mobile genes that make it resistant to two types of antibiotics now considered last-line defenses against superbugs.
Superbugs August 10, 2016 Are you contributing to the rise of superbugs? The next time your doctor prescribes— or refuses to prescribe— antibiotics for an illness, you might want to listen and follow directions exactly.
