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Does Science Congress provide direction to research?

If the science congress is a reflection of the best research in the country, then we surely need to worry

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US FDA tightens efforts to address antibiotic use in livestock sector

US FDA achieves another milestone in efforts to address antimicrobial resistance in livestock-prohibits the use of antibiotics as growth …

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Health report 2016: a glance at major developments

Down To Earth takes a probing look into key health issues that raised concerns and dominated medical discourse in 2016

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How your Christmas turkey arrives already stuffed – with antibiotics

Antimicrobial resistance in livestock farming will reduce the impact of the suite of pharmaceuticals we rely on for fighting human diseases

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OIE releases new strategy to fight antimicrobial resistance

Agency exhorts international community to come forward and outline a work plan

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Antibiotic pollution by pharmaceutical industries a global concern

As the world observes the Antibiotic Awareness Week, it is vital that the environmental spread of antimicrobial resistance is duly recognised …

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US non-profit urges quick-service restaurants to get antibiotics off menu

Use of antibiotics in food-producing animals is recognised by WHO as contributing to the global antibiotic resistance burden in humans

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Resistance-causing mcr-1 gene isolated in India

The gene is responsible for resistance against colistin, a last resort antibiotic used to treat human diseases

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Uncanny truth about germs

Building immunity may be a matter of keeping company with microbes, argue some immunologists

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Treated but not cured

Ten years after India declared itself leprosy-free, drug-resistant strains emerge. The environment facilitates the spread of the disease

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UN General Assembly discusses antimicrobial resistance

This is only the fourth time a health issue has been taken up by the UN General Assembly

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A fishy business

The fish you eat possibly contains a cocktail of antibiotics, fed to it for reasons other than disease treatment, shows an investigation by …

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