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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is one of the greatest threats to public health. The bacteria are so pervasive, they're spilling over to penguins, sea lions, wallabies and more.
Resistant bacteria aren't the only risk posed by overprescribing antibiotics. A more immediate risk is side-effects and reactions, which a new review shows are surprisingly frequent and often severe.
Estimating the cost of antibiotic resistance to economies and health-care systems is fraught with difficulty, but new research says Australia will be hit harder than we think.
We often think of antibiotic resistance in terms of humans, but it is actually a complex problem of interrelated factors including animal health, the environment and food production.
Minocycline, a type of antibiotic, has had promising results in treating depression in both animals and humans.
Superbugs spread through the environment – and it needs urgent attention.
Many patients without a diagnosis of Lyme disease report a constellation of symptoms, sometimes for years. Does chronic Lyme disease exist?
A CSIRO survey has found many people are confused about common infections, believing antibiotics can treat colds, flu and other viruses. This could fuel a dangerous rise in drug-resistant superbugs.
Finding drugs that treat the COVID-19 coronavirus may be just as important as developing a vaccine. But it's much harder to create effective antivirals than antibiotics.
Half of all patients who died of COVID-19 in Wuhan had a secondary infection.
Antimicrobial resistance is a public health and economic disaster waiting to happen. If we do not address this threat, by 2050 more people will die from drug-resistant infections than from cancer.
Humans obtain bacteria through the foods they eat. But how do bees collect bacteria that live in and on them? And where do they pick up these microbes?
That smell you detect after it rains is part of a chemical language between bacteria and animals.
The president promoted the combination of hydroxychloroquine and an antibiotic for treating COVID-19. But a new study suggests it provides no benefits.
Pathogens rapidly evolve resistance to antibiotics. AI could keep us a step ahead of deadly infections.
An estimated £300m worth of medicine goes unused in the UK every year. But is it safe to take drugs past their expiry date?
New research finds taking antibiotics in early life is associated with an increased risk of obesity at age four. But that's no reason not to give your child antibiotics if they really need them.
Antibiotics aren't a one-size-fits-all treatment – the one you had last time might not work on the infection you have at the moment. So how do doctors determine which one is likely to work?
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the West.
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Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Australian National University
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Prof. Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
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IMB Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Public Health, Bond University
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia
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Professor at ANU Medical School; Senior Staff Specialist Infectious Diseases; General Physician, Australian National University
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Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University
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Professor of Molecular Evolution, Macquarie University
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Cape Town
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Director Of Medicine, The Maitland and Kurri Kurri Hospital, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
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Infectious Diseases Physician, Senior Lecturer, James Cook University and, The University of Queensland
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Doctoral Student, T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Bond University
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Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull
