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Dr Phoebe Williams is an Infectious disease specialist working to reduce antimicrobial resistance. In the photo she is working in Kenya. Credit: Hamish Gregory. A new study has found that drugs to treat common infections in children and babies are no longer effective in large parts of the world, due to high rates of antibiotic …

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a complex global health challenge, with significant implications for human health, social well-being, and economic development.   On 6 September 2022, WHO will hold a high-level webinar to launch and share the findings of the Global Evidence Review on Health and Migration (GEHM) with a focus on AMR. The report, the fourth …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a retrospective case study, Mayo Clinic researchers have found that antibiotics administered to children younger than 2 are associated with several ongoing illnesses or conditions, ranging from allergies to obesity. The findings appear in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Using health record data from the Rochester Epidemiology Project, a population-based research collaboration …

Dr Kate Honeyford, lead author of the research, said: “Sepsis can be deadly if it’s not diagnosed and treated quickly.  “However, symptoms can be hard to spot and are similar to other conditions such as flu or a chest infection, which can result in delayed diagnosis and treatments. “Our study shows for the first time …

What could a man with millions in the bank, a private jet and high-flying friends possibly want from life? If you’re Jim Mellon, everlasting youth would be a good start. The billionaire Isle of Man investor, who made his money in property and mining, is talking animatedly about using science and technology to advance human …

(Jacquelyn Martin/AP) The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a new drug for highly drug-resistant tuberculosis, the world’s leading infectious cause of death. Tuberculosis kills 1.6 million people a year, about 500,000 of whom suffer from drug-resistant strains of the disease. The antibiotic, called pretomanid, was developed by a nonprofit group called TB Alliance …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Antibiotics save countless human lives—modern medicine without them is unimaginable. The largest proportion by volume of industrially produced antibiotics today are cephalosporins, structural variants of the first antibiotic, penicillin. Unfortunately, their production generates a considerable amount of waste products, some of which are questionable. In the European Journal of Organic Chemistry, …