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Drug resistant superbugs are killing 33,000 in Europe each year

Analysis by European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) found impact of drug-resistant infections had increased since 2007.

07 Nov 2018 11:49 AM

Superbug infections rising among injection drug users

Users of heroin and other injection drugs were 16 times more likely than other people to develop severe illnesses.

09 Jun 2018 6:06 PM

Typhoid superbug in Pakistan increases fears of global antibiotic failure

The typhoid superbug, resistant to five types of antibiotics, has infected at least 850 people since 2016, the report states.

20 Apr 2018 11:23 AM

Platypus milk may help fight superbugs: study

Platypus milk contained a protein with rather unusual and protective antibacterial characteristics.

15 Mar 2018 4:31 PM

Superbug's spread to Vietnam threatens malaria control

The drug resistance of these bugs is a public health emergency that must be treated urgently.

21 Sep 2017 10:07 AM

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Hand-washing not effective protection against bug transmission in babies

Research says even theoretically perfect compliance with hand hygiene won't completely eliminate risk.

01 Jul 2017 10:39 AM

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