Increased antibiotic use can lead, seemingly paradoxically, to more problematic infections, as the bacteria evolve to resist the treatment. The answer to this antimicrobial resistance, which the Centers for Disease Control ...
Mar 18, 2025
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Some governments are lacking effective policies to tackle the global fungal crisis responsible for the deaths of around 3.5 million people per year, according to an international team of experts.
Feb 19, 2025
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A comprehensive seven-year study across 20 Chinese provinces has revealed a concerning rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (E. coli), a major foodborne pathogen. Analyzing 9,068 isolates ...
Feb 12, 2025
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We've heard about the threat that United States tariffs pose to Canadian economic security. But a different kind of insecurity now looms with new leadership from our southern neighbors: insecurity in global health.
Jan 26, 2025
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The war in Gaza will leave its mark in many ways, long after the recently negotiated ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Jan 23, 2025
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The first comprehensive guidelines dedicated to minimizing infections in patients undergoing surgeries and procedures involving regional anesthesia and acute and chronic interventional pain management have been published ...
Jan 22, 2025
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Sudanese health authorities are turning to AI to strengthen health systems after dozens of doctors were killed in the country's almost two-year-long civil war, according to a senior official.
Jan 7, 2025
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Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's biggest infectious disease killer, with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) posing a particular threat to global health. A study led by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) ...
Jan 6, 2025
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The ADAPT-Sepsis research group has demonstrated that using procalcitonin (PCT) as a biomarker to guide antibiotic duration in critically ill adults with suspected sepsis can significantly reduce treatment length without ...
A recent study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases has uncovered an increase in severe multidrug-resistant (MDR) Shigella sonnei infections, particularly among people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in Vancouver, Canada. ...
Dec 5, 2024
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