'After Emily's death, it became personal'. As it's warned superbugs will claim ten million lives, meet the NHS tsar who's on a mission to beat the deadly infections that killed her goddaughter
Emily Hoyle, 38, passed away in 2022 after contracting a drug-resistant lung infection. Dame Sally Davies is sharing her story to raise awareness of the threat posed by superbugs. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

I have a superbug infection that leaves me in pain every day and can't be cured - but the NHS won't take me seriously. And a damning report says I'm just one of thousands being failed
Patients with excruciating superbug infections are being failed by the NHS and may be missing out on crucial drugs, a major study has found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘Potent’ antibiotic drug boosts fight against superbugs
New molecule proves effective in animals against several drug-resistant bacteria (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - February 15, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Washing Hands And Disinfecting Surfaces Aren ’t Enough To Stop The Spread of Germs
COVID-19 taught the critical importance of hand washing and surface disinfection to control the spread of this potentially lethal virus. Despite the extensive advice given during the pandemic, the Covid-19 virus continued to spread rapidly and today it continues to thrive and mutate creating new…#rsv #mrsa #uscompare #technologiesincfdxtf #lotus (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How the New MRSA Antibiotic Cracked AI's'Black Box'How the New MRSA Antibiotic Cracked AI's'Black Box '
Researchers who uncovered a fresh class of antibiotics used a new process — explainable AI — that could propel drug discovery.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - February 13, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

FDA Warns of Dangerous Counterfeit Eyedrops
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 -- Certain copycat eyedrops may be contaminated and could give users an antibiotic-resistant eye infection, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday. The packaging for South Moon, Rebright and FivFivGo eyedrops... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 1, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Scientists Sound Alarm on New Drug-Resistant E. Coli
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 -- A new and worrisome antibiotic-resistant form of E. coli has been identified at a children ' s hospital in China.Already, so-called ST410 strains of the E. coli bacterium -- resistant to last-resort antibiotics called... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 1, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

HHS: Meetings of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will hold a virtual public meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) on February 22, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Eastern. The PACCARB advises and provides information and recommendations to the Secretary of HHS regarding programs and policies intended to reduce or combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria that may present a public health threat. The confirmed times and agenda will be published on thePACCARB website. Pre-registration is required for members of the public who wish to present comments during the me...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - January 26, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Scientists discover new class of antibiotic can kill drug-resistant superbug
Scientists from Swiss pharma giant Roche have developed a new class of antibiotic that could be first breakthrough of its kind in 50 years to beat the threat of 'superbugs' resistant to common drugs. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Antibiotic Slays Deadly Superbug in Early Trial
THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2024 -- Researchers report that a new type of antibiotic has proved its mettle against a deadly superbug. Acinetobacter baumannii, a bacteria goes by the nickname CRAB, can trigger serious infections in the lungs, urinary tract... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 4, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

New drug offers hope in fight against hospital ‘superbugs’
Potential remedy targets leading antibiotic-resistant pathogen that causes life-threatening infections in patients (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A potent antibiotic has emerged in the battle against deadly, drug-resistant superbugs
For the first time in half a century, researchers have identified a new antibiotic that appears to kill a deadly, drug-resistant superbug. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - January 3, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Corinne Purtill Source Type: news

New drug offers hope in fight against hospital ‘superbugs’
Potential remedy targets leading antibiotic-resistant pathogen that causes life-threatening infections in patients (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - January 3, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Scrap Rightmove sale of £1billion pandemic lab to develop 'friendly' viruses that can treat antibiotic resistant illnesses, MPs urge
The Rosalind Franklin Laboratory in Leamington Spa opened in June 2021 and was the UK's first Covid testing mega lab, processing 8.5million swabs during the pandemic. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

This Winnipeg scientist is using viruses to fight drug-resistant superbugs
Steven Theriault is convinced he has the solution to an urgent global public health threat — antibiotic resistance. But he can’t get his bacteria-killing viruses approved through what he calls Canada’s rigid and outdated regulatory system. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - December 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Manitoba Source Type: news