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03.08.2023 | Impact funds help fight dementia and antibiotic resistance
FINANCIAL TIMES | Investors are turning to impact investment funds to address antimicrobial resistance and dementia, despite the potential lack of financial returns and challenges posed by broken markets for new antibiotics.
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03.08.2023 | What happened to all the antibiotics?
PHARMAPHORUM | Across the world, there are reports of shortages of common antibiotics. Ben Hargreaves examines why these shortages are happening and what is being done in the background to return supply to normal.
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03.08.2023 | Kidney dialysis-related infection rates higher in U.S. minorities -report
REUTERS | The use of neck veins for hemodialysis administration was found to be the most significant risk factor, with central venous catheter use being more prevalent in Black patients aged 18 to 49.
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02.16.2023 | Old cure revived to help fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD | Phage therapy, which uses harmless viruses to kill germs in cases where traditional antibiotics have failed, is making a comeback in Australia to counter antibiotic-resistant superbugs. The Alfred hospital in Melbourne has started using phage therapy to treat patients with severe bacterial infections that are either life-threatening or function-threatening, where they don’t have any other options left.
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02.16.2023 | Right choice of antibiotic linked to lower risk of death from bloodstream infections
CIDRAP | Patients who received an appropriate initial antibiotic for bloodstream infections (BSIs) had a lower risk of death compared with those who received an inappropriate antibiotic, US researchers reported today in JAMA Network Open.
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02.16.2023 | Massachusetts detects gonorrhea strain showing resistance to nearly all antibiotics used to treat it
BOSTON GLOBE | Although standard treatment still works, the new bug, never before seen in the US, shows signs of developing resistance to the recommended drugs.
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02.16.2023 | First cases of gonorrhea resistant to several classes of antibiotics identified in the U.S.
CNN | Public health officials says they have found two cases of gonorrhea that appear to have reduced susceptibility to every kind of antibiotic available to treat them. It’s the first time strains of gonorrhea this resistant to antibiotics have been identified in the United States.
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02.16.2023 | Climate change is contributing to the rise of superbugs, new UN report says
CNN | Climate change and antimicrobial resistance are two of the greatest threats to global health, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme.
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02.16.2023 | Spread of antibiotic resistance revives interest in bacteria-killing viruses
FINANCIAL TIMES | Spread of antibiotic resistance revives interest in bacteria-killing viruses
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02.16.2023 | Studies spotlight growing threat of drug-resistant Shigella
CIDRAP | Two studies published last week highlight how a highly drug-resistant enteric pathogen is challenging clinicians and public health officials.
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02.16.2023 | The Antibiotic Resistance Crisis Has a Troubling Twist
WIRED | A major new UN report says we’ve ignored the role of environmental degradation in fueling the superbugs that kill 1.27 million people each year.
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02.16.2023 | Big Meat just can’t quit antibiotics
VOX | Antibiotic use in meat production leads to bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics, making infections more difficult to treat. While Europe has successfully reduced antibiotic use in livestock by almost 50%, the US FDA is unlikely to follow suit.
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02.16.2023 | Antibiotic use in farming set to soar despite drug-resistance fears
NATURE | Antibiotic use in animal farming is expected to increase by 8% between 2020 and 2030, contributing to the global problem of antimicrobial resistance. Lack of publicly available data on antibiotic use and enforcement of regulations make it difficult for governments to address the issue, although efforts to reduce antibiotic use have been pledged by some countries.
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02.16.2023 | Antibiotic-Resistant UTIs Are Common, and Other Infections May Soon Be Resistant, Too
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN | Urinary tract infections are increasingly becoming resistant to first-line antibiotics, and this may be a warning for our ability to treat other microbial infections
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02.16.2023 | The Last Drug That Can Fight Gonorrhea Is Starting to Falter
WIRED | Data gaps, funding cuts, and shyness about sex let gonorrhea gain drug resistance. There are no new treatments yet.
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