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Almost Half Of Antibiotic Prescribing For Surgery Is Inappropriate, New Report Shows
Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing around the time of surgery and long-term prescribing in aged care are among a mixed bag of findings of a recent report into antibiotic use and resistance in Australia.
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Getting Reinfections Despite Proper Antibiotic Doses? New Study Explains Why This Happens
Even with correct antibiotic doses, some bacterial infections return because persister cells survive treatment by entering two distinct shutdown states: protected dormancy and disrupted arrest.
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What Hit India's Health Hardest In 2025? Toxic Cough Syrups, Antibiotic Resistance And More
2025 exposed multiple public-health vulnerabilities in India ranging from contaminated cough syrups and product alerts, a sharp dengue season in several states, extreme-heat impacts, worsening air quality and rising antimicrobial resistance.
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How Superbugs Spread In Cities: Contaminated Water, Food, Toilets And Public Spaces
Superbugs, drug-resistant bacteria, don't just infect hospitals. In cities, they spread through contaminated water, food, toilets and public areas.
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What Happens If Antibiotics Stop Working? Doctor Explains The Nightmare Scenario
A senior internal medicine specialist explains how everyday illnesses, surgeries, and even cancer care could collapse if antibiotics fail, and what we must do now to prevent this future.
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India's Superbug Crisis: Lancet Data Misinterpreted, Says Government Body
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the findings of the recent Lancet study reflects bacterial colonisation, not infection, and does not indicate a nationwide crisis.
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India At The Epicentre Of Superbug Explosion, Antibiotic Resistance Crisis: Lancet Study
A new, large-scale international study published in the prestigious Lancet eClinical Medicine journal says that 83% of Indian patients carry multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).
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WHO Raises Alarm Over Antibiotic Resistance: Why India Is Especially Vulnerable
A new WHO report shows that in 2023, one in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections worldwide was resistant to antibiotic treatment, marking a sharp global rise in drug-resistant infections.
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Multiple Courses Of Antibiotics Can Make People More Sick
Patients who had two antibiotic prescriptions were 1.23 times more likely, patients who had three to four prescriptions 1.33 times more likely and patients who had five to eight 1.77 times more likely to go to hospital with another infection, the study found.
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Almost Half Of Antibiotic Prescribing For Surgery Is Inappropriate, New Report Shows
Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing around the time of surgery and long-term prescribing in aged care are among a mixed bag of findings of a recent report into antibiotic use and resistance in Australia.
-
Getting Reinfections Despite Proper Antibiotic Doses? New Study Explains Why This Happens
Even with correct antibiotic doses, some bacterial infections return because persister cells survive treatment by entering two distinct shutdown states: protected dormancy and disrupted arrest.
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What Hit India's Health Hardest In 2025? Toxic Cough Syrups, Antibiotic Resistance And More
2025 exposed multiple public-health vulnerabilities in India ranging from contaminated cough syrups and product alerts, a sharp dengue season in several states, extreme-heat impacts, worsening air quality and rising antimicrobial resistance.
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How Superbugs Spread In Cities: Contaminated Water, Food, Toilets And Public Spaces
Superbugs, drug-resistant bacteria, don't just infect hospitals. In cities, they spread through contaminated water, food, toilets and public areas.
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What Happens If Antibiotics Stop Working? Doctor Explains The Nightmare Scenario
A senior internal medicine specialist explains how everyday illnesses, surgeries, and even cancer care could collapse if antibiotics fail, and what we must do now to prevent this future.
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India's Superbug Crisis: Lancet Data Misinterpreted, Says Government Body
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the findings of the recent Lancet study reflects bacterial colonisation, not infection, and does not indicate a nationwide crisis.
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India At The Epicentre Of Superbug Explosion, Antibiotic Resistance Crisis: Lancet Study
A new, large-scale international study published in the prestigious Lancet eClinical Medicine journal says that 83% of Indian patients carry multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).
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WHO Raises Alarm Over Antibiotic Resistance: Why India Is Especially Vulnerable
A new WHO report shows that in 2023, one in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections worldwide was resistant to antibiotic treatment, marking a sharp global rise in drug-resistant infections.
-
Multiple Courses Of Antibiotics Can Make People More Sick
Patients who had two antibiotic prescriptions were 1.23 times more likely, patients who had three to four prescriptions 1.33 times more likely and patients who had five to eight 1.77 times more likely to go to hospital with another infection, the study found.
