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Antibiotic Resistance
Ed Cara
Over the weekend, a particularly awful pair of words started trending on social media: super gonorrhea. That’s because the World Health Organisation recently warned that the pandemic is helping fuel the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including the bacteria that cause gonorrhea. Unfortunately, the situation is only likely to get worse.
The world is in the midst of a global “superbug” crisis. Antibiotic resistance has been found in numerous common bacterial infections, including tuberculosis, gonorrhoea and salmonellosis, making them difficult ” if not impossible ” to treat. We’re on the cusp of a “post-antibiotic era”, where there are fewer treatment options…
In the wake of recent reports showing that antibiotic-resistant superbugs are on the rise, some scientists in the UK are pushing for a fix that might seem radical. They argue that the research and development of new antibiotics should be taken out of the pharmaceutical industry’s hands and publicly funded…
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