DISNEYLAND SHUTS DOWN COOLING TOWERS AFTER LEGIONNAIRES' CASES

A dozen cases of the bacterial lung infection were discovered about three weeks ago, the Orange County Health Care Agency announced Friday... READ MORE›

DON'T ASK GPS FOR ANTIBIOTICS, NEW HEALTH CAMPAIGN URGES

Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria change in such a way that the medication used to treat them - in this case antibiotics - becomes ineffective... READ MORE›

SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWICE WHILE WASHING YOUR HANDS, SAY PHARMACISTS

The RPS's president, Ash Soni, said We don't wash our hands often enough for long enough to get rid of the bacteria that can cause illnesses... READ MORE›

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION CALLS ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE A GLOBAL EMERGENCY'

The new WHO report found few potential treatment options for those antibiotic-resistant infections - including drug-resistant tuberculosis TB which kills around 250,000 people each year... READ MORE›

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UNTREATABLE GONORRHOEA 'SUPERBUG' SPREADING AROUND WORLD, WHO WARNS

World Health Organization tells of 'very serious situation' after confirming three known cases where all antibiotics were ineffective... READ MORE›

USE OF STRONGEST ANTIBIOTICS RISES TO RECORD LEVELS ON EUROPEAN FARMS

Use of some of the strongest antibiotics available to treat life-threatening infections has risen to record levels on European farms, new data shows... READ MORE›

ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP WITH TRICLOSAN 'NO BETTER AT KILLING GERMS' STUDY

Antibacterial hand soaps containing triclosan - a chemical flagged as potentially dangerous - are not much better at killing germs than regular soap, researchers have said... READ MORE›

ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT GONORRHEA IS ON THE RISE

Antibiotic resistance is causing gonorrhea to become harder and sometimes impossible to treat, according to the World Health Organization WHO ... READ MORE›

CALL TO PUNISH GPS OVER ANTIBIOTICS

The guidelines say doctors should tell patients when antibiotics are inappropriate and refuse to write prescriptions... READ MORE›

COULD ANTS BE THE SOLUTION TO ANTIBIOTIC CRISIS

They have found that some species - including leaf-cutter ants from the Amazon - use bacteria to defend their nests against invading fungi and microbes... READ MORE›

ALMOST UNTREATABLE CPE POSES SERIOUS THREAT TO PATIENTS DOCTORS WARN

In Manchester and London, dealing with CPE has cost NHS trusts almost ?10m... READ MORE›

UNTREATABLE GONORRHOEA 'SUPERBUG' IS SPREADING WORLDWIDE, WHO EXPERTS WARN

Manica Balasegaram, director of the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership, said the situation was grim and there was a pressing need for new medicines... READ MORE›

CALL TO SNOOP ON ANTIBIOTIC SCRIPTS

The suggested rules say doctors should spend more time explaining why antibiotics are unsuitable for many patients... READ MORE›

US REPORTS FIRST CASE OF BACTERIA RESISTANT TO ANTIBIOTIC OF LAST RESORT

The woman had gone to a military clinic in Pennsylvania in April and was treated for a urinary tract infection... READ MORE›

LYME DISEASE DOESN'T EXIST IN AUSTRALIA

Thousands of Australians claim to be suffering from tick-borne Lyme disease but a new report insists there is no evidence it exists in Australia... READ MORE›

THE DIRTIEST THINGS IN YOUR HOME IN DATA

The eight household items were then ranked based on how many of them were found to be clean... READ MORE›

WOMAN FOUND TO HARBOR INFECTION RESISTANT TO ANTIBIOTIC OF LAST RESORT

President Obama last year announced a National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria to address the problem... READ MORE›

U.S. FDA KNEW DEVICES SPREAD FATAL 'SUPERBUG' BUT DOES NOT ORDER FIX

Last month, Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle said a bacteria spread through contaminated scopes had infected 32 people over two years 11 died... READ MORE›

RAT POISON LINKED TO INDIA STERILISATION DEATHS, WITH DEATH TOLL EXPECTED TO RISE

Rat poison linked to india sterilisation deaths with death toll expected to rise... READ MORE›

CHILDREN SHOULD BE TAUGHT HOW TO WASH HANDS SAYS WATCHDOG

Children and young people need to be taught how to wash their hands properly to reduce the risk of infection, a UK medicines watchdog has advised... READ MORE›

LUNG PROBE 'TO HELP CUT THE UNNECESSARY USE OF ANTIBIOTICS'

It is hoped the Proteus technology could tackle the emergence of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics... READ MORE›

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, whose disease detectives have investigated duodenoscope-transmitted infections since 2013... READ MORE›

A DEADLY SUPERBUG GENE COULD TAKE US INTO THE MEDICAL 'DARK AGES'

Concern is growing over a newly discovered superbug gene that could hail the beginning of a post-antibiotic era... READ MORE›

ANTIBIOTIC OVERUSE MIGHT BE WHY SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALLERGIES

Finally, in mice studies, offspring of mice treated with antibiotics were shown to have an increased likelihood of developing allergies and asthma... READ MORE›

UK DOCTORS TOLD TO HALVE INAPPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIPTIONS BY 2020

We know that inappropriate use of antibiotics is a key driver of these drug-resistant infections... READ MORE›

MERCK TO TAKE ON SUPERBUGS WITH CUBIST PHARMA BUY

Merck will pay 102 per share for Cubist, a premium of 37 percent to the Lexington, Massachussetts-based company's closing share price of 74... READ MORE›

MERCK IN TALKS TO ACQUIRE CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS FOR MORE THAN $7 BILLION

Merck in talks to acquire Cubist Pharmaceuticals for more than 7 billion NYT... READ MORE›

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE? SORRY, NOT MY PROBLEM

Around half said antibiotic resistance influenced whether they prescribed an antibiotic... READ MORE›

MERCK TO TAKE ON SUPERBUGS WITH CUBIST PHARMA BUY

The Cubist deal is Merck's second big acquisition this year... READ MORE›

ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT GONORRHEA IS MAKING THE STD IMPOSSIBLE TO TREAT WORLDWIDE

Another antibiotic, azithromycin, is experiencing increased resistance, with 81 percent of countries reporting treatment issues... READ MORE›

'NATURE'S FIGHTING BACK': ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE SCARES, FRUSTRATES AUSTRALIAN DOCTORS

Speaking at an Antibiotic Awareness Week briefing in 2015, infectious disease physician and microbiologist Professor Peter Collignon said Australia's antibiotic resistance was relatively low... READ MORE›

MENINGITIS-DEATH JURY ASKED TO DECIDE IF STEPHANS STRAYED FROM BEING 'REASONABLE AND PRUDENT' PARENTS

David Stephan, 32, and Collet Stephan, 35, were charged after their nearly 19-month-old son Ezekiel died after contracting bacterial meningitis in March 2012... READ MORE›

ALARMING NEW 'SUPERBUG' GENE FOUND IN ANIMALS AND PEOPLE IN CHINA

This suggests an alarming potential for it to spread and diversify between bacterial populations, they said... READ MORE›

U.S. SCIENTISTS JOIN HANDS IN PUSH FOR AMBITIOUS MICROBIOME STUDY

Known as the Unified Microbiome Initiative Consortium the effort aims to vastly improve research on microbiomes whether they be in the soil water or human gut... READ MORE›