CNN is reporting that "A group of Brazilian scientists has detected a drug-resistant bacteria growing off some of Rio de Janeiro's most stunning beaches, in research being published a month before the city hosts the 2016 Olympic Games. According to lead researcher Renata Picao, the "super bacteria" entered the city's [...]
Fortune.com is reporting on a superbug found in a Pennsulvania woman. "Department of Defense researchers announced a shocking finding last month: they had identified an ominous, antibiotic-resistant strain of E. Coli in a Pennsylvania woman seeking medical treatment at a military clinic. This is the first time this bacteria has [...]
In the news this week is the story that an antibiotic of last resort for curing otherwise drug-resistant superbug infections has succumbed to a resistant bacterial strain in China. The unfortunate discovery has led to a widespread call by scientists for urgent restrictions on the use of the class of anti-biotics [...]
'Superbug' outbreak raises questions about medical scope By ALICIA CHANG Feb. 19, 2015 11:08 PM EST Two people have died and five more have been infected, supposedly due to a carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, after undergoing endoscopic procedures. The Associated Press story suggests that, "the infections may have been transmitted [...]
via theIndependent.co.ukby Charlie Cooper, theIndependent.co.uk Story: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/british-university-makes-antibiotic-resistance-breakthrough-9546497.html Scientists at the research-intensive University of East Anglia (UEA) in the UK announced last month that they have found an “Achilles heel” of a particularly significant group of antibacterial resistant superbugs. The “Achilles heel” they’ve announced finding pertains to the cell membrane of this [...]
via motherboard.vice.comby Michael Byrne, motherboard.vice.com Story: http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/blog/the-newest-catch-22-of-antibacterial-drug-resistance "Nature Communications" has found that harmful bacterium spread more quickly when isolated from other neighboring bacteria, as outlined in a recent paper released by the journal. The paper, which observed mutation rates of bacteria including E. coli, reported that such rates increase proportionately to [...]
via FoxNews.com Story: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/04/30/who-drug-resistant-superbugs-serious-threat-worldwide/ The WHO is reporting that antibiotic-evading superbugs are continuing to strengthen and proliferate across the globe (also covered here and here). Image via Foxnews.com The result of this spreading threat is that in many cases, many common yet important drugs no longer possess the same effectiveness they [...]
via RT.com Story: http://rt.com/news/155900-superbugs-un-antibiotic-resistance/ "The implications will be devastating", warns Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's assistant director-general for health security. The now very real threat of potentially disastrous implications of drug-resistant superbugs, as outlined in a new report recently released by the WHO, is what Fukuda is referring to. A researcher [...]
The UK Government's Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies says the threat posed by antibiotic resistance is a "ticking time-bomb", which should be put on the National Risk Register. Via The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9921927/Antibiotics-are-ticking-time-bomb-warns-medical-chief.html
London Evening Standard 12 June 2013 Full Story: G8 debating antibiotic resistance Antibiotic resistance will top the agenda when science minister David Willetts meets his G8 colleagues in London. The meeting, taking place at the Royal Society, is the first conference of science ministers from the group of eight wealthiest [...]