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We need to change how antibiotics target bugs if we want them to keep working

While much of our attention during the past few years has been focused on COVID, a more insidious and more dangerous pandemic has been spreading unabated. This pandemic concerns antimicrobial resistance, which is when bacteria evade the antibiotics we use to treat them. You’ve probably heard these bacteria called “superbugs”…

The Conversation

Lawsuit alleges Whole Foods has antibiotics in its beef labeled antibiotic-free

The lawsuit also claims Whole Foods financially exploited its customers by charging significantly more for its meat products compared to competitors, under the guise that their products are healthier.

WEKU

'Giving antibiotics through an inhaler can help fight bacterial resistance'

Replacing swallowed medicines with inhaled versions means the lowest possible effective dose can be administered and helps stop bugs becoming resistant to drugs, writes Dr Miriam Stoppard

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UK dentists should give antibiotics to patients at risk of heart infection – study

Nice guidelines advising against antibiotic use for those at risk of infective endocarditis should be reviewed, researchers say

The Guardian - UK

Doctor delayed antibiotics for dying mum

An obstetrician prioritised delivering a mum's stillborn baby over giving her antibiotics despite knowing there was a golden hour after diagnosing sepsis.

AAP

Mum suffers 'chipped teeth after biting down on metal bolt in kebab takeaway'

'I have been on antibiotics for two weeks, I broke down in the dentist's room. It is not the nicest, it really isn't'

Wales Online

Shortage of drugs hits many government hospitals in Tamil Nadu

Antibiotics top the list; hospitals are managing with local purchases

The Hindu

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TB is good at resisting antibiotics. Here are some new ideas to outsmart the bacteria

Two new studies draw on data from more than 12,000 patients to help figure out ways to battle antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.

WEKU

Bacteria-eating virus cocktails may effectively treat gut inflammation — study

Two huge breakthroughs could change the game for people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Inverse

Dog's miraculous recovery after being shot in the head at close range

Little Arthur was shot between the eyes and seemingly left for dead by his cruel attacker - and has been spending his days in the hospital being treated with oral and topical antibiotics ever since

Daily Mirror

Mother Fears COVID-Canceled Treatments Lead To Baby’s Disability

From April 2019 to April 2020 Spree went through chest infections, conjunctivitis, and ear infections requiring antibiotics.

Zenger

'Covid left me looking like a monster, I even hid from my daughter'

Jaime Graves said things were so bad she could barely leave the house

Liverpool Echo

Typhoid mutated to beat antibiotics. Science is learning how to beat those strains

The ancient disease is still a killer. And even though there are new drugs, there's a growing rate of antibiotic-resistance cases. Here's a look at the latest strategies to tame typhoid.

WEKU

Mum felt 'like a monster' and hid from own daughter after rare Covid symptom

Jaime Graves, 42, from Bedfordshire, developed a breakout of cystic acne after testing positive for Covid, but antibiotics failed to clear her skin as they usually do

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Manchester Evening News

Mum felt 'like a monster' and hid her face from daughter when struck with cystic acne after Covid

"The worst side effect I suffered from Covid was another cystic acne outbreak. It was so bad that my skin was red raw and so sore"

The Independent UK

Woman hails £85 skincare kit as ‘miracle cure’ for her cystic acne

Jamie Graves, 42, from Bedfordshire was so self-conscious she avoided leaving the house for weeks

Wales Online

Mum felt 'like monster' and hid her face from daughter when she was struck with cystic acne post Covid

“I was prescribed antibiotics, which normally take a couple of weeks to take effect. After a fortnight though, there were no improvements. I felt helpless”

360info

When the choice is between poor-quality medicine and no medicine at all

Poverty drives the market in inferior medicines just as it drives other examples of inequality. A socially integrated approach is needed to fight the problem.

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Daily Record

Family left heartbroken as toddler's mystery bruises turn out to be cancer

Mum Rhiannon Forster discovered the unusual marks all over two-year-old son Wyatt's neck arms and legs just days after his GP prescribed antibiotics for an ear infection.

ABC News

West Australian researchers announce major breakthrough in detecting bacterial infections

In a world-first, a research team in Western Australia develops a faster method of detecting bacterial infections, in a move that should also combat antibiotic resistance.

Tribune News Service

As Big Pharma loses interest in new antibiotics, infections are only growing stronger

Forget COVID-19, monkeypox and other viruses for the moment and consider another threat troubling infectious disease specialists: common urinary tract infections, or UTIs, that lead to emergency room visits and even hospitalizations because of the failure of oral antibiotics.

Salon

No Operation Warp Speed for antibiotics

Common urinary tract infections are leading to emergency room visits because of the failure of oral antibiotics

Wales Online

Deadly superbug found in supermarket meat products

Enterococci bacteria can cause various problems

Benzinga

CFRX: DSMB Recommends DISRUPT Study be Stopped for Futility…

Bautz: By David Bautz, PhD NASDAQ:CFRX READ THE FULL CFRX RESEARCH REPORT

The Independent UK

Superbug infections, deaths rose at beginning of pandemic

U.S. health officials say the toll of drug-resistant “superbug” infections worsened during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

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