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12 months ago
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Paul Gallagher

Drugs to tackle sepsis not working due to antibiotics-resistance rising, UKHSA warns

The head of the UK Health Security Agency urged people to 'treat antibiotics with respect' to ensure they are effecti...

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almost 2 years ago
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Tom Bawden

How drugs like Prozac, Sertaline and Cipralex could be making antibiotics less effective

Research finds that anxiety and depression drugs could be adding to antibiotic resistance displayed by bugs like E. coli

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almost 3 years ago
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Paul Gallagher

What is Shigella? Symptoms of the infection explained after warning to gay and bisexual men

The UK Health Security Agency has issued a warning over an 'extremely antibiotic-resistant' form of the bacteria call...

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almost 3 years ago
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Paul Gallagher

Gay and bisexual men warned over highly infectious and "extremely antibiotic-resistant" bug

Some 47 cases of Shigella were reported in the four-month period between September 2021 and January 2022, compared wi...

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almost 3 years ago
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Tom Bawden

First MRSA superbug grew on hedgehogs 200 years ago, study finds

The bacteria developed early resistance while doing battle with a fungus on the prickly animals' skins, scientists say

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over 3 years ago
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Paul Gallagher

Antibiotic use for Covid patients 'risks worsening drug resistance'

Use of such drugs was 'very high' among Covid-19 hospital patients in the UK during the first wave of the pandemic, e...

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over 3 years ago
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Paul Gallagher

Antibiotic resistance the 'silent pandemic' world needs to tackle, says former chief medic

Professor Dame Sally Davies says that nearly 100 years after Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the antibiotic ...

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