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Farmers are closest to the land and their livestock, and have everything to lose by not taking care of it.
It's hard to predict how long it will take to feel better after you start taking antibiotics. But if you start feeling worse one to two days after starting the therapy, you must see your doctor.
The overuse of antibiotics puts vulnerable patients and society at risk.
Probiotics might avert a case of diarrhoea, or they could mean your gut takes longer to return to normal.
The end of effective antibiotics will be frightening. Life expectancy will fall dramatically and people of all ages will die from illnesses that we are used to treating with $10 worth of pills.
Our view of this essential dimension of earth’s biome has been shaped by the manufacturers of cleaning products.
Alexander Fleming's work has helped countless people over the last nine decades.
It's not a matter of if, but when, the next deadly pandemic will strike. Will the world be ready?
Farm animals are the subject of WHO initiatives around antibiotics, but domestic pets could actually be a bigger risk.
Triclosan, an ingredient in soap and many household cleansers, has gained a bad reputation. A recent study looking for a way to boost an antibiotic, however, found that tricloscan did a great job.
A new type of antibiotic uses DNA to fight a common deadly microbe, Clostridium difficile. These new drugs are inexpensive and adaptable and can be modified to target any bacterium, lowering the chance of drug resistance.
Getting rid of this scourge is nothing to be sneezed at.
The use of antibiotics in raising livestock is complex. We could be moving towards a less-than-ideal result due to poor understanding, over-simplistic messaging and a rush for competitive advantage.
Antibiotic-munching microbes may prove useful for mopping up contaminated water supplies and land.
The problem of antimicrobial resistance won't go away as long as people in poor countries don't have access to clean water.
New research shows just 1% of E. coli bacteria's genetic mutations are lethal.
Superbugs used to pose the greatest risk to people with compromised immune systems and those who had surgery. But their sexual transmission means antibiotic resistance can spread much more widely.
Pharmaceutical companies focus on small molecules they've devised – and can easily patent. But nature's already come up with many antibacterial compounds that drug designers could use to make medicines.
Ants produce their own antimicrobial chemicals to fight bacteria.
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Professor, infectious diseases and microbiology, Australian National University
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Professor at ANU Medical School; Senior Staff Specialist Infectious Diseases; General Physician, Australian National University
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