antibiotic resistance

The Dose24:00What do I need to know about using antibiotics correctly?As the season for coughs and colds returns, medical experts have a reminder: antibiotics aren't a go-to treatment for common viral respiratory infections. "I think that a…

Rachel Sears was only 17 years old when a simple blemish on her face became a terrifying, painful ‘superbug’ overnight. She had been working as a cashier at a grocery store and it’s there her doctors told her she must have picked up…

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Sir Alexander Fleming in his Nobel lecture in 1945 said, “The time may come when penicillin can be bought by anyone in the shops. Then there is the danger that the ignorant man may easily under dose himself and by exposing his microbes to…

In the last two years, health experts have come to note warning signs of yet another potential epidemic. Especially amid the pandemic, doctors suggest that injudicious use of antibiotics to prevent other infections in Covid…