antibiotics

November 22, 2022

Shortages of antivirals, antibiotics compound stress of a rough season for viral illnesses in kids

CNN – Shortages of key medications used to treat common childhood illnesses like flu, ear infections and sore throats are…

December 12, 2018

McDonald’s announced a plan on Tuesday for a phased reduction of antibiotics in beef, expanding a health-oriented reform to…

November 12, 2018

Pneumonia will kill nearly 11 million children under five by 2030, experts warned Monday on a global day aimed at…

October 9, 2016

There are no high-quality trials assessing whether using antibiotics or antiseptics on open surgical wounds speeds healing by slowing the…

May 27, 2016

U.S. health officials on Thursday reported the first case in the country of a patient with an infection resistant to…

May 7, 2016

Nearly one in three antibiotic prescriptions given out by doctors in the US is “inappropriate,” says a study that called…

January 3, 2016

Doctors are more likely to give smokers antibiotics for an infection, a bad habit that may endanger public health by…

November 18, 2015

The first global campaign for the better use of antibiotics will be launched by the World Health Organisation in World…

October 3, 2015

A stubborn bacterial infection often acquired in hospitals and which can be deadly, may have a new treatment on the…

May 1, 2015

The world is doing far too little to combat the misuse of antibiotics which is fuelling drug resistance and allowing…