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Antibiotics

Antibiotics prevent and treat certain types of bacterial infection. During the world week of antimicrobial resistance awareness, something experts call a growing global health crisis, antibiotics are an important focus.

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8 most dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the world

Resistance to antibiotics is making these bacterial infections more dangerous and harder to treat.
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Are scientists finally beating antimicrobial resistance?

Are scientists finally beating antimicrobial resistance?

Researchers have been generating new antibiotics which could be crucial in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
ScienceNovember 18, 2024
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Bacterial transduction - Illustration of bacterial transduction, a horizontal gene transfer mechanism that can lead to antimicrobial resistance.

Africa's fight against antimicrobial resistance

Africa's fight against antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance is linked to more than 1 million disease-related deaths in Africa, a new report says.
HealthSeptember 30, 2024
3D illustration of the fungal pathogen Candida auris

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Fungi are adapting to body heat — a 'doomsday scenario'

Research showed fungi adapting to human body temperature and becoming drug resistant. But is it due to climate change?
ScienceJuly 5, 2024
A visual depiction of STSS

Japan: Deadly flesh-eating bacteria infections on the rise

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HealthJune 19, 2024
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How do we solve antibiotic resistance?

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ScienceJanuary 13, 2023
Close-up of fungicide used to produce antibiotics

Pandemic worsens resistance to antibiotics in India

Resistance to antibiotic drugs was already a problem in India before the pandemic. Doctors say it's gotten a lot worse.
ScienceOctober 28, 2022
Escherichia coli bacteria with a DNA double helix in the background

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