Antibiotics

New Research Indicates That Your Pet Dog or Cat Could Be Spreading Deadly Superbugs

New Research Indicates That Your Pet Dog or Cat Could Be Spreading Deadly Superbugs

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Sarah Carter

By European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases April 15, 2024 New research reveals that pet dogs and cats are significant ...

‘Game changer’ UTI vaccine stops infection for nine years

‘Game changer’ UTI vaccine stops infection for nine years

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Sarah Carter

Recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) can be prevented for up to nine years with an oral spray vaccine, a landmark British trial ...

The cash-strapped Americans who’ve been forced to take their PET’S antibiotics because they’re cheaper

The cash-strapped Americans who’ve been forced to take their PET’S antibiotics because they’re cheaper

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Sarah Carter

By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com 17:36 30 Mar 2024, updated 17:42 30 Mar 2024 Doctors have warned that Americans ...

Asian superbug Klebsiella pneumoniae spreads in European hospitals

Asian superbug Klebsiella pneumoniae spreads in European hospitals

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Sarah Carter

A superbug endemic to Asia is spreading in European hospitals, health officials have warned.  Cases of the bacteria, known as hypervirulent Klebsiella ...

Scientists discover the first new antibiotics in over 60 years using AI

Scientists discover the first new antibiotics in over 60 years using AI

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Sarah Carter

A new class of antibiotics for drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria which was discovered using more transparent deep learning models. ADVERTISEMENT The ...

Cancer Patients’ ‘Violent’ Chemo Symptom Relieved via Unlikely Source

Cancer Patients’ ‘Violent’ Chemo Symptom Relieved via Unlikely Source

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Sarah Carter

Scientists may have found a cure for some of chemotherapy’s most severe side effects, and it’s from a rather unlikely source: human ...

One dose of antibiotics a year ‘raises risk of sepsis by 70pc’

One dose of antibiotics a year ‘raises risk of sepsis by 70pc’

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Sarah Carter

A single course of antibiotics raises the risk of developing sepsis by 70 per cent for a year after taking them, a ...

Deaths from drug-resistant infections rise after Covid pandemic

Deaths from drug-resistant infections rise after Covid pandemic

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Sarah Carter

“Treat antibiotics with respect,” the chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has urged, as the number of deaths caused ...