Antimicrobial resistance

• How antibiotic resistance has an impact on future diseases

  Ten million deaths per year by 2050 related to antimicrobial resistance — that’s what a large British study, conducted in 2014, predicts if the current trend continues.

  Commentary

  Jan 25
• 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.

  Commentary

  Apr 26, 2020
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• How superbugs and antibiotic resistance will make common medical procedures harder

  Giving patients antibiotics is standard care before many operations and medical procedures, experts say. So what happens if they no longer work as well?

  Health

  Nov 17, 2019
• 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.

  Health

  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
• ‘Widespread contamination’: Study finds rivers around globe tainted with antibiotics

  Researchers studied 14 commonly used antibiotics in rivers in 72 countries and detected antibiotics at 65 per cent of the monitored sites.

  Health

  Jun 5, 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.

  Health

  Apr 29, 2019
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• Farmers fear losses if they aren’t allowed to use antibiotics on livestock

  In some countries, farm animals consume more antibiotics than people, which contributes to antibiotic resistance.

  Health

  Jun 27, 2018