G20 health ministers agree to tackle antibiotics resistance
BERLIN: Health ministers of the G20 leading economies, meeting for the first time on Saturday, agreed to work…
Antibiotics
UN wants new drugs against twelve supergerms
PARIS: The UN's health agency urged governments, scientists and pharma companies Monday to create new drugs to…
US woman dies of infection resistant to all 26 available antibiotics
MIAMI: A US woman has died from an infection that was resistant to all 26 available antibiotics, health officials…
UN sets its sights on drug-resistant superbugs
The meeting will bring together heads of government and senior health officials on the margins of the United…
Blood test may help prevent overuse of antibiotics
MIAMI: An inexpensive blood test could one day tell doctors whether an infection is caused by a virus or a…
U.S. sees first case of bacteria resistant to all antibiotics
U.S. health officials on Thursday reported the first case in the country of a patient with an infection resistant…
KFC faces pressure after McDonald's says no antibiotics in chicken
LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO: KFC, the world's largest chain of fried chicken restaurants, may face pressure from consumer…
McDonald's to cut back on chicken fed with antibiotics
WASHINGTON: Fast-food giant McDonald's announced Wednesday it would stop serving chicken raised with antibiotics…
New approach sees breakthrough in antibiotics research
PARIS: Scientists using a revolutionary approach have devised an antibiotic that may offset the mounting problem of…
Antibiotics resistance could kill 10m a year by 2050
LONDON: A British government-commissioned review has found that resistance to antibiotics could account for 10…