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Climate change fuels the rise of global antimicrobial resistance

Climate change exacerbates antimicrobial resistance by altering environments where microbes thrive, leading to increased disease spread. read more

CRISPR is promising to tackle antimicrobial resistance, but bacteria can fight back

In his presentation "How to use CRISPR-Cas to combat AMR" at the ESCMID Global Congress, Assistant Prof. Ibrahim Bitar, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Plzen ... read more

Climate change is multiplying the threat caused by antimicrobial resistance, researcher warns

Climate change is multiplying the threat caused by antimicrobial resistance (AMR), amplifying its growing risk through increasing global temperatures, greenhouse gas emissions and rising sea levels. read more

Scientists identify new factor contributing to human antibiotic resistance: 'What they found is truly alarming'

Not all microplastics can be seen by the human eye, but these tiny particles seem to have a big impact on our health. A recent study is shedding light on how they may interfere with one of the ... read more

Antimicrobial-resistant hospital infections remain at least 12% above pre-pandemic levels, study finds

Despite progress in combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the U.S. since its peak during the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital-acquired AMR infections remain well above pre-pandemic levels, according ... read more

F.D.A. Approves Antibiotic for Increasingly Hard-to-Treat Urinary Tract Infections

Pivmecillinam, which has been used in Europe for decades, will become available next year to women 18 and older. read more

A Vaccine to Fight Antibiotic Resistance

MSU, Harvard Medical School team up to expand vaccine science’s role in the fight against MRSA and other infections ... read more

Insights into Antibiotic Resistance Through Metagenomic Approaches

Our oral and fecal microbiota are distinctly different, both in the organisms present and the resistance mechanisms in those organisms. Antibiotic Resistance in Soil Microbial Communities There ... read more

What is antimicrobial resistance?

Antimicrobial resistance refers to those microorganisms becoming immune to the drugs used to treat them. AMR has soared since the 1970s and is now considered one of the biggest public health threats ... read more

Antimicrobial resistance: How to use pop culture as a weapon

Delhi's Prithviraj Lane showcases a mural where superheroes combat superbugs to raise awareness on antimicrobial resistance ... via creative postcards. The World Health Organization has ranked ... read more

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