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Australia has recorded the highest number of a deadly bacterial infection in two decades, as experts call for newer vaccines to be rolled out.

"Both understood phages as medicinal agents, which the rest of the medical field viewed as nonsensical."

Antimicrobial resistance happens when bacteria and other microbes that can cause infections gain the ability to resist treatment by antibiotics or other antimicrobial medicines.

Who hasn’t been prescribed antibiotics by a doctor – for a chest infection or perhaps a sore throat? It’s terrifying to think that these infections can become life threatening if the antibiotic drugs needed to treat them stop working.

Houseflies live close to humans and domesticated animals and because they are so mobile they can easily spread bacteria that make people sick.

Dame Sally Davies says action on deadly antibiotic-resistant infections must be prioritised

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health crisis, threatening to undo decades of medical progress and plunge us into a post-antibiotic era where even minor infections could prove fatal. This silent pandemic demands immediate and decisive action from all stakeholders before we are left vulnerable to previously treatable infections. The…

Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health problem around the world. When bacteria like E. coli no longer respond to antibiotics, infections become harder to treat.

Rifaximin is commonly used to treat liver disease