Antibiotic resistance: The magic bullet’s toll

What if a saviour turns into a killer? After 80 years of use, overuse and abuse of antibiotics — termed magic bullets — microbes have become resistant to them. Antibiotic resistant diseases are undoing the great strides in modern treatment.
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Antibiotic resistance: When a saviour turns a killer

What if a saviour turns into a killer? After 80 years of use, overuse and abuse of antibiotics—termed magic bullets—microbes have become resistant to them. Antibiotic resistant diseases are undoing the great strides in modern treatment. Vibha Varshney exposes a growing public health crisis
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Antibiotic resistance: Effect of climatic spike

A warming planet will induce the development of antibiotic resistance
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Antibiotic resistance: Spread across the world

Asia and Africa will account for 88.8 per cent of deaths from antimicrobial resistance
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Antibiotic resistance: 'Some bacterial pathogens are resistant to all antibiotics'

Tobias Dörr, a microbiologist at Cornell University, New York, is researching on protecting beneficial microbes from antibiotics. He speaks to Megha Prakash on how antibiotic exposure can alter beneficial gut microbes
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Antibiotic resistance: A new dose

How the world is gearing up to fight antibiotic resistance
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Antibiotic resistance: How to reduce consumption of antibiotics

Antimicrobial resistance affects public health in many parts of the world now. Left unchecked, they may even upstage several of the UN-mandated SDGs
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Antibiotic resistance: How to tackle AMR in Africa

Pan-Africa experts meet to find solutions to the antimicrobial resistance mess
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Antibiotic resistance: How Zambia is trying to reign in AMR

Antibiotic abuse dog the country like many of its counterparts in Africa
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Antibiotic resistance: AMR among poultry, cattle a worry for Kenya

Health ministry draws up ways to prevent antibiotics residue from ending up in plate
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Antibiotic resistance: Nigeria stares at a major catastrophe

Coordinated response is the need of the hour
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Antibiotic resistance: AMR a health threat in Uganda

Worries: Self-medication, antibiotic sales without prescription
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Antibiotic resistance: AMR in Ghana, huge public health threat under cover
Health dept steps may fall short due to inadequate funding by government, donors
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Antibiotic resistance: South Africa has a success story in treating resistant TB

Antimicrobial resistance is a worry as in several other African countries
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Antibiotic resistance: China battles population, size
Health care reform since 2011 bear results but more needs to be done
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