A suspected Marburg virus outbreak in the Kagera region of Tanzania has been linked to nine suspected cases and eight deaths, ...
Antibiotic overuse is a key driver in the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a major global health crisis. Researchers ...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a critical public health threat, with gendered implications that are often overlooked.
The findings from the landmark REGARD-VAP trial, published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine, and the accompanying economic analyses published in Lancet Global Health, highlight how prudent antibiotic ...
In a new study published in the journal The Lancet, researchers have explored the possibility of treating acute, ...
In a world increasingly obsessed with cleanliness, antimicrobial chemicals have become a staple in everyday life. From soaps ...
Sydney researchers have found that Levofloxacin substantially reduces risk of drug-resistant tuberculosis. This discovery offers new hope against a disease that infects more than 400,000 people ...
You likely know that cigarette smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, but cigarette use poses other threats to your ...
Physicians recommend that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) quit smoking and use steroids, ...
Antibiotic treatment during an influenza infection actually impaired the body’s efforts to clear bacteria rather than helping the body heal.
The change was prompted by postmarketing observational studies that suggest an increased risk of GBS within 42 days of ...
Analysis of the intervention, implemented at 49 urgent care clinics, found the biggest reductions among clinicians who were ...