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
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 …
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
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
OIE releases new strategy to fight antimicrobial resistance
Agency exhorts international community to come forward and outline a work plan
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 …
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
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
Uncanny truth about germs
Building immunity may be a matter of keeping company with microbes, argue some immunologists
Treated but not cured
Ten years after India declared itself leprosy-free, drug-resistant strains emerge. The environment facilitates the spread of the disease
UN General Assembly discusses antimicrobial resistance
This is only the fourth time a health issue has been taken up by the UN General Assembly
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 …