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Antibiotic Resistance

WHO updates list of drug-resistant bacteria most threatening to human health

May 23, 2024
AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites no longer respond to medicines, making people sicker and increasing the risk of disease spread, illness and deaths.
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Antibiotic Resistance

WHO reports widespread overuse of antibiotics in patients hospitalized with COVID-19

May 15, 2024
Findings were presented in a WHO scientific poster shared at the ESCMID Global Congress.
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Antibiotic Resistance

Doctors underutilize next-gen antibiotics to fight resistant infections in U.S. hospitals

April 22, 2024
NIH scientists find clinicians still rely often on older and toxic medicines.
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Antibiotic Resistance

New report documents increase in HIV drug resistance to dolutegravir

March 7, 2024
Since 2018, WHO has recommended use of dolutegravir as the preferred first- and second-line HIV treatment for all population groups.
Courtesy of the CDC
Antibiotic Resistance

Proteins suggest a path to reduce drug resistance in a form of cancer

Feb. 27, 2024
Proteogenomics provides clues about acute myeloid leukemia.
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Antibiotic Resistance

Targeting treatment resistance in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Feb. 21, 2024
New study from Sylvester Cancer and collaborators shows anti-cancer compound goes beyond current BTK inhibitors.
Courtesy of the CDC
Antibiotic Resistance

New and highly infectious E. coli strain resistant to powerful antibiotics

Feb. 16, 2024
More infectious version of bacteria found to have caused two outbreaks in a children’s hospital in China.
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Courtesy of the CDC
Antibiotic Resistance

World AMR Awareness Week: preventing antimicrobial resistance together

Nov. 20, 2023
AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to the active ingredients, or antimicrobial agents, in medicines used to treat them.