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How do _Candida auris_ and other fungi develop drug resistance? A microbiologist explains

One of the scariest things you can be told when at a doctor’s office is “You have an antimicrobial-resistant infection.” That means the bacteria or fungus making you sick can’t be easily killed with common antibiotics or antifungals, making treatment more challenging. You might have to take a combination of…

The Conversation

Use of antibiotics in farming ‘endangering human immune system’

Study suggests antimicrobial used to promote livestock growth breeds bacteria more resistant to our natural defences

The Guardian - UK

Many with walking pneumonia don't realise they're sick

DEAR DOCTORS: My wife and I both had Covid-19. I recovered, but my wife kept feeling sick. We worried it might be long Covid. But when she saw her doctor, she got diagnosed with walking pneumonia. She took antibiotics and got better. How is walking pneumonia different from regular pneumonia?

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Happy Pear twins apologise after controversial antibiotic comments from podcast guest

The Happy Pear brothers responded after a guest's remarks about antibiotics caused considerable controversy online

Dublin Live

Happy Pear twins apologise after antibiotic comments from podcast guest spark backlash

The Happy Pear brothers responded after a guest's remarks about antibiotics caused considerable outrage online

Irish Mirror

'Shape-shifting' antibiotic gives hope in superbug war

Scientists from the University of Adelaide hope the discovery of a new technique to bolster antibiotics can be used in the fight against superbugs.

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Antibiotic with no side effects could be on horizon as microbe clue found

Scientists said they identified have compounds that reduce the risk of nausea, indigestion, bloating and diarrhoea

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Deadly Fungal Infections Are Rising in the U.S. — A Doctor Answers 5 Key Questions

Deadly Candida auris is spreading in hospitals amid a broader trend of rising fungal infections.

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Patients are at serious risk because of shortage of medicine, say pharmacists

Recent shortages have included antibiotics, HRT drugs and even medicine for coughs and colds

Wales Online

Pharmacists sound the alarm over ‘devastating’ condition of community amid medicine supply issues

Pharmacies are facing supply problems with antibiotics and even some cough and cold remedies

The Independent UK

Pharmacists sound the alarm over medicine supply issues

The warning comes after supply problems with antibiotics, HRT medicines and even some cough and cold remedies.

The Independent UK

Looming behind antibiotic resistance is another huge threat—antibiotic tolerance

By understanding why bacteria have the ability to become tolerant, researchers hope to develop ways to avoid the spread of this ability.

Fortune

Discovery of antibiotic-resistant superbugs in LA wastewater sparks worry

LOS ANGELES — Bacteria that are resistant to colistin, a last-resort antibiotic, have for the first time been detected in Los Angeles County wastewater, suggesting that the germs are circulating more widely in the community than previously thought, according to researchers at the University of Southern California.

Los Angeles Times

Looming behind antibiotic resistance is another bacterial threat – antibiotic tolerance

Have you ever had a nasty infection that just won’t seem to go away? Or a runny nose that keeps coming back? You may have been dealing with a bacterium that is tolerant of, though not yet resistant to, antibiotics.

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The Independent UK

Scientists turn to honey in their urgent search for alternative antibiotics

Over one million people died globally from antibiotic-resistant infections in 2019

Manchester Evening News

False widow spider snuck under duvet and bit mum as she slept

Warning: This story contains graphic images. Tracey Carse had to go to A&E and ended up on antibiotics for a month

Fortune

A deadly fungus is spreading across U.S. hospitals. Here's what you need to know, according to a physician

What Candida auris is, how it is spreading, and how worried you should be.

The Conversation

Deadly fungus Candida auris is spreading across US hospitals - a physician answers 5 questions about rising fungal infections

In late March 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlighted the threat posed by a rapidly spreading fungus called Candida auris that is causing infections and deaths among hospital patients across the country. The unexpected rise of this recently discovered pathogen is part of a larger trend…

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Chinchillas Tested Fancy New Ear Devices to Solve a Centuries-Old Medical Problem

A new design for ear tubes could make them safer and more effective while lowering antibiotic doses for patients.

LiveScience

Appendicitis: Causes, symptoms and treatment

Appendicitis refers to the inflammation of a small structure in the gastrointestinal tract. The condition can lead to dangerous complications.

The Independent UK

Antibiotics and resistance ‘two-way street’ between animals and humans – study

Experts across the world are determined to slow down the rise in AMR, which is partly fuelled by unnecessary use of antibiotics.

The Independent UK

Vatican: Pope spends 2nd night 'serenely' in hospital

The Vatican says Pope Francis has spent his second night in a Rome hospital serenely as he receives antibiotics intravenously to treat bronchitis

Reuters

Pope Francis in much better health after antibiotics -statement

Pope Francis has seen a marked improvement in his health after receiving antibiotics for a bronchitis infection, the Vatican said on Thursday, a day after the pope was hospitalised with breathing difficulties.

Daily Mirror

Mum of five says son, 9, permanently on antibiotics because of home's 'severe' mould

The mum has lived in the three-bed property in Whitstable for seven years and says she has experienced serious problems with mould for the entirety of that time

Reuters

Brazil's Lula in good health, should travel to China on Sunday -Lula's doctor

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is in good health after being diagnosed with mild pneumonia, is responding well to antibiotics and should travel to China on Sunday as previously expected, his doctor, Roberto Kalil, told Reuters on Friday.

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