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How to stop a pandemic before it starts

PRESS RELEASE: “Human health, not shareholders’ profits, must come first!”

MPs from all major groups representing 10 countries in PACE on AMR: “Human health, not shareholders’ profits, must come first!”…

PRESS RELEASE: European Commission: AMR is next pandemic to be prevented

Brussels, 26 March 2021 – During yesterday’s Portuguese EU Presidency’s Global Health Conference European Commissioner Stella Kyriakides (SANTE) delivered the following statement: “We also need…

Special Issue 4: Antimicrobial Use in Agriculture

Key points: The global rise in demand for animal protein is among the salient changes of our time. Animals raised…

Getting the point across with social media and giant bacteria

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, showing a great commitment to 2020’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, many countries have…

Special Issue 3: Vaccines

Are vaccines alternatives to antibiotics? Please see below the recent coverage on vaccines.

Special Issue 2: Probiotics

Are probiotics alternatives to antibiotics? Please see below the recent research on probiotics.

Special Issue 1: Bacteriophage Therapy

Are phages alternatives to antibiotics? Please see below the recent research advances in bacteriophage therapy.

The Financial Times expresses a deeper concern for the growing “silent pandemic of antibiotic resistance”

Prof Marc Mendelson is head of the infectious diseases and HIV medicine division at Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape…