Just as bacteria can develop antibiotic resistance, viruses can also evade drug treatments. Developing therapies against these microbes is difficult because viruses often mutate or hide themselves within cells. But by mimicking ...
Aug 2, 2023
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In the first installment of a new series, Peter Doshi, Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and Associate Editor at The BMJ, asks why authorities are approving drugs with little evidence they ...
Mar 26, 2015
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In February 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned people against using EzriCare eye drops because bottles of the product had been linked to drug-resistant bacterial infections causing vision ...
May 11, 2023
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A report by University of Queensland researchers has warned a global crisis of antibiotic resistance is inevitable, despite promising developments in new antibiotics.
Jul 25, 2023
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A drug approved just two years ago for treating bacterial infections may hold promise for treating the potentially fatal MRSA pneumonia, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
Sep 11, 2013
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Dozens of makers of medicines and diagnostic tests have joined together in an unprecedented effort to tackle "superbugs"—infections that increasingly don't respond to drugs and threaten millions of people in countries rich ...
Jan 21, 2016
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Antibiotic resistance "has the potential to undermine modern health systems," argue health economists Richard Smith and Joanna Coast on bmj.com today. They believe that an increase in resistant organisms coupled with a big ...
Mar 11, 2013
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(HealthDay)—Benznidazole has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat the tropical parasitic infection Chagas disease, in children aged 2 to 12.
Aug 31, 2017
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that 700,000 people around the world die annually from drug resistant infections. It also listed drug resistant gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted disease caused by the Neisseria ...
Aug 7, 2017
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Antibiotics, together with antivirals and anti-parasitic drugs, can save the lives of people who've contracted an infectious disease. But the rise of drug-resistance means new strategies are needed. At the end of last year, ...
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