Opinion: Killer superbugs are coming for you
5 years ago

Opinion: Killer superbugs are coming for you

LA Times  

We’re crawling on your skin. Unless your scientists invent new antibiotics, we’ll kill 10 million people annually by 2050. It’s so ineffective that the CDC recently changed nationwide treatment protocols, urging doctors to prescribe a second antibiotic simultaneously. That’s a smart precaution, medically speaking — it minimizes our chances to evolve and become immune to the new drugs. Drug companies wouldn’t be able to sell enough doses to recoup their research costs, let alone turn a profit.

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Drug-resistant superbugs projected to kill 39 million by 2050
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Drug-resistant superbugs projected to kill 39 million by 2050

The Hindu  

Infections of drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, a global analysis predicted on Monday, September 16, 2024, with the researchers urging action to avoid this grim scenario. More than a million people died from the superbugs -- also called antimicrobial resistance -- per year across the world between 1990 and 2021, …

Superbugs vs Covid-19: Comparing scale and severity of global health threats, preparing for next health catastrophe
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Superbugs vs Covid-19: Comparing scale and severity of global health threats, preparing for next health catastrophe

Hindustan Times  

The rise of drug-resistant superbugs presents a grave threat to global health that could surpass the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Superbugs vs Covid-19: Comparing scale and severity of global health threats, preparing for next health catastrophe Comparative Impact: Superbugs vs Covid-19 In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Shuchin Bajaj, Founder and Director at Ujala Cygnus Group of Hospitals, …

Big Pharma’s focus on profit is behind medicine shortages, superbug threat
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Big Pharma’s focus on profit is behind medicine shortages, superbug threat

Al Jazeera  

What happens when we run out of medicines? But they are, in fact, born out of a single problem: Big Pharma’s prioritisation of profit, which disincentivises it from both keeping essential medicines accessible and developing new medicines we desperately need. Even in the US, the government is making moves to limit Big Pharma’s control over the development and manufacturing of …

Antibiotic resistance a looming, lethal global threat
1 year, 1 month ago

Antibiotic resistance a looming, lethal global threat

Hindustan Times  

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria threaten our health, and yet only a few pharmaceutical companies are still conducting research into new antibiotic drugs to bring them to market. Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, known as MRSA, are particularly difficult to treat The independent, nonprofit organization has said drug resistance is a major threat, and has called for more research into new …

Study Finds 38% ICU Patients with Superbug Infections Die in 2 Weeks. Why Is This Worrying?
2 years, 4 months ago

Study Finds 38% ICU Patients with Superbug Infections Die in 2 Weeks. Why Is This Worrying?

News 18  

A recent study on hospital-acquired infections has revealed a widespread presence of superbugs, or drug-resistant micro-organisms, in infection cases. The newly-formed Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance-India, a central government effort between All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi, the Indian Council for Medical Research, and the CDC, has found that superbugs were found in 3,080 blood samples and another 792 urine …

Superbug infections, deaths rose at beginning of pandemic
2 years, 6 months ago

Superbug infections, deaths rose at beginning of pandemic

Hindustan Times  

The toll of drug-resistant “superbug” infections worsened during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials said Tuesday. Before the pandemic, health officials said U.S. superbug infections appeared to be going down Dr. Arjun Srinivasan, a CDC expert, called it “a startling reversal” that he hopes was a one-year blip. Before the pandemic, health officials said U.S. superbug …

Superbug infections, deaths rose at beginning of pandemic
2 years, 6 months ago

Superbug infections, deaths rose at beginning of pandemic

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The toll of drug-resistant “superbug” infections worsened during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials said Tuesday. Before the pandemic, health officials said U.S. superbug infections appeared to be going down. But it does have data from seven kinds of bacterial and fungal infections that were detected in hospital patients, including MRSA and a …

‘Superbug’ infections, deaths rose at beginning of COVID-19 pandemic
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Superbug’ infections, deaths rose at beginning of COVID-19 pandemic

LA Times  

A lab worker holds a petri dish with cultures of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, better known as MSRA. The U.S. toll of drug-resistant “superbug” infections worsened during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic after years of decline. The toll of drug-resistant “superbug” infections worsened during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials said Tuesday. Before the pandemic, …

Op-Ed: We’re losing the fight against superbugs, but there’s still hope
2 years, 8 months ago

Op-Ed: We’re losing the fight against superbugs, but there’s still hope

LA Times  

This scanning electron shows rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. Hospital stewardship programs — which manage the careful and optimal use of antimicrobial treatments — also had to redirect their limited resources away from antibiotic use to focus on the complex administration of COVID-19 therapeutics. Because doctors prudently limit their use of antimicrobials to avoid further resistance, there isn’t high demand to …

Antibiotic breakthrough could save millions from drug-resistant superbugs
2 years, 9 months ago

Antibiotic breakthrough could save millions from drug-resistant superbugs

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Millions of lives could be saved with a “game-changing” antibiotic that …

UK scientists’ breakthrough could save millions from drug-resistant infections
2 years, 9 months ago

UK scientists’ breakthrough could save millions from drug-resistant infections

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Our ultimate goal is to have a number of viable drugs from our modular …

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs caused 1.2 million deaths in a year, study finds
2 years, 11 months ago

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs caused 1.2 million deaths in a year, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Based on the current analysis, researchers said there were an estimated 4.95 million deaths linked …

Study: Drug-resistant bacteria kill 1.2 million globally
2 years, 11 months ago

Study: Drug-resistant bacteria kill 1.2 million globally

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Antibiotic-resistant germs caused more than 1.2 million deaths globally in one year, according to new research that suggests that these “superbugs” have joined the ranks of the world’s leading infectious disease killers. The World Health Organization has been citing a global estimate — several years old — that suggested at least 700,000 people die each year due …

Anti-biotic resistant superbugs killed 1.2 million people in 2019, claims study
2 years, 11 months ago

Anti-biotic resistant superbugs killed 1.2 million people in 2019, claims study

Hindustan Times  

Anti-biotic resistant infection killed 1.2 million people in 2019, according to a study published in The Lancet. The figure of 1.2 million fatalities is much higher than the estimates released by the World Health Organization, which said that 700,000 people died from drug-resistant infection. A 2018 study, carried out in 10 Fortis Group hospitals in India, found that patients with …

Study: Drug-resistant bacteria kill 1.2 million globally
2 years, 11 months ago

Study: Drug-resistant bacteria kill 1.2 million globally

LA Times  

Antibiotic-resistant germs caused more than 1.2 million deaths globally in one year, according to new research. Antibiotic-resistant germs caused more than 1.2 million deaths globally in one year, according to new research that suggests that these “superbugs” have joined the ranks of the world’s leading infectious disease killers. The World Health Organization has been citing a global estimate — several …

US superbug infections rising, but deaths are falling
5 years, 2 months ago

US superbug infections rising, but deaths are falling

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Drug-resistant “superbug” infections have been called a developing nightmare that could set medicine back a century, making conquered germs once again untreatable. But it’s increasingly common to see young healthy women with such infections forced into the hospital after initial treatments don’t work, said Dr. Bradley Frazee, a California emergency room doctor. “We never really worried about …

Drug-resistant superbugs kill someone every 15 minutes in the US, new CDC report reveals
5 years, 2 months ago

Drug-resistant superbugs kill someone every 15 minutes in the US, new CDC report reveals

CNN  

CNN — Every 15 minutes, someone in the United States dies of a superbug that has learned to outsmart even our most sophisticated antibiotics, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report places five drug-resistant superbugs on the CDC’s “urgent threat” list – two more germs than were on the CDC’s list …

Superbug infections are rising but deaths are falling, CDC says
5 years, 2 months ago

Superbug infections are rising but deaths are falling, CDC says

LA Times  

Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria, which cause the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea, seen under a microscope. Dramatic increases in drug-resistant gonorrhea contributed to an increase in superbug infections in the U.S. between 2013 and 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But it’s increasingly common to see young healthy women with such infections forced into the hospital after initial …

The Antibiotics Business Is Broken—But There's a Fix
5 years, 8 months ago

The Antibiotics Business Is Broken—But There's a Fix

Wired  

Last week, the biotech company Achaogen announced that it was filing for bankruptcy. Yet the market didn’t reward the company for producing a new antibiotic: On the day the FDA announced its decision, its stock price actually dropped by 20 percent. If you spend the industry-standard amounts of time and money to achieve a new drug—generally accepted to be 10 …

The Case for Expensive Antibiotics
6 years, 3 months ago

The Case for Expensive Antibiotics

Wired  

A handful of years ago, a small pharmaceutical company quietly acquired the rights to an old but commonly used antibiotic. Few noticed until last week, when the new owner did something that’s recently become common in the world of pharmaceuticals: It abruptly raised the price. It’s a name that probably means nothing to most, but is precious to the 6 …

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