Drug-resistant Bacteria

• Superbugs are on the rise — could ants be our secret weapon?

  In the fight against drug-resistant bacteria, researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton are enlisting an unexpected army: ants, bees and beetles.

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  Dec 30, 2024
  
• Pfizer sees promising results from antibiotic combo for superbug infections

  Deaths from antibiotic-resistant bacteria have been on the rise globally, prompting calls for the development of newer treatments as resistance to older antibiotics grows.

  Health

  Jun 1, 2023
  
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• Prescribing babies fewer antibiotics has led to lower asthma rates: B.C. study

  Childhood asthma rates have fallen as doctors prescribe infants fewer unnecessary antibiotics, Canadian researchers have found.

  Jun 19, 2020
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• Drug-resistant superbugs are the other thing keeping researchers up at night

  Antimicrobial resistance or AMR is a slower-moving pandemic than COVID-19, but one that is worsening every day, says Lori Burrows of McMaster University.

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  Apr 26, 2020
• Pakistan begins vaccinating against ‘superbug’ typhoid that has infected 11,000

  An outbreak of drug-resistant typhoid in Pakistan has infected around 11,000 people since 2016.

  Health

  Nov 15, 2019
• CDC estimates antibiotic-resistant infections kill 35,000 Americans per year

  Nearly twice as many people are dying from drug-resistant infections as previously thought, U.S. officials said in a new report.

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  Nov 14, 2019
• Superbugs to kill nearly 400,000 Canadians by 2050, report predicts

  The report's authors found that drug-resistant bacteria kills nearly as many Canadians as Alzheimer's disease.

  Health

  Nov 12, 2019
• Urinary tract infections don’t always respond to antibiotics anymore, thanks to drug resistance

  As bacteria become resistant to drugs, doctors have to find new ways to fight infections like UTIs.

  Health

  Jul 21, 2019
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• Drug-resistant diseases could kill millions unless the world takes action: report

  Urgent action is needed to address this growing threat to humankind, the report's authors say.

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  Apr 29, 2019
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• Some doctors prescribe antibiotics much more often than others. Ontario is trying to find out why

  The number of antibiotic prescriptions that doctors write can have a big impact on the growth of drug-resistant infections.

  Health

  Sep 13, 2018