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China Rejected 22 Tons of Argentine Beef Over a Banned Antibiotic as Trump Opens the Door to 300,000 Tons

Trump's 300,000-tonne beef plan sparks fury among MAGA ranchers as Argentina enters the picture following China's rejection of beef over a banned antibiotic

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A Last Resort Antibiotic Is the Prime Suspect After a Muscle Marker Hit 128 Times Normal

Her myoglobin reached 128 times the upper limit of normal, while creatine kinase, the enzyme doctors normally watch for this, barely moved.

Medical Daily

‘Routine’ medical treatments are not risk free. Patients should ask questions before consenting

The distinction has become blurred between something being medically available and actually being medically useful

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Why the Crocodile's Powerful Immune System Could Help Scientists Fight Antibiotic Resistance

An animal that should not survive its own habitatCrocodiles fight constantly. They lose limbs. They tear open each other's hides in territorial battles fought in water thick with fecal matter, rotting carcasses, and every pathogen a tropical swamp can produce. Their wounds almost never get infected. That observation, sitting in…

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Horseshoe Crab Blood Powers Every Vaccine and Injection You Have Ever Been Given

The blue blood that guards every hospital on EarthHorseshoe crab blood is blue. Not metaphorically, literally blue, because it uses copper-based hemocyanin to carry oxygen instead of the iron-based hemoglobin that makes human blood red. But the colour is not why the biomedical industry harvests roughly 600,000 horseshoe crabs every…

Times Life

Doctors Get an Updated Antibiotic Playbook as Resistant Gut Bacteria Outpace the Drugs Designed to Stop Them

IDSA released updated guidance for treating drug-resistant Gram-negative infections as NDM-carrying bacteria spread through US hospitals.

Medical Daily

In 1940, scientists had no fermentation tanks, so penicillin was grown in hundreds of ceramic vessels modeled on hospital bedpans; the improvised system helped turn Fleming’s discovery into a mass-produced medicine

In 1940, scientists working to develop penicillin faced a major obstacle: they had discovered a potentially lifesaving medicine but lacked the industrial equipment needed to produce it in large quantities. Instead of modern fermentation tanks, the Oxford team relied on improvised containers, including hospital bedpans and specially designed ceramic vessels.…

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Preventing RSV in Infants Also Reduced Antibiotic Prescribing Across 32 Philadelphia Area Pediatric Primary Care Practices

Infants who received the RSV antibody nirsevimab got fewer antibiotics for respiratory infections, a study of 15,341 babies found.

Medical Daily

The use of AI in biotechnology is changing faster than the rules governing either technology

The recent announcement of novel, viable viruses created by artificial intelligence (AI) was celebrated as a major advance in the fight against antibiotic resistance. But it also raised urgent concerns about regulation.

The Conversation

5 Signs Your Red Eyes Could Be Eye Flu

The redness, tearing and itching of the eyes can be quite scary. The inflammation of the conjunctiva known as conjunctivitis or eye flu is caused by the swelling of the conjunctiva, a transparent membrane covering the outer white layer of the eye and inner eyelids. While the disease is usually…

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Fish Intelligence and Pain Research Is Quietly Rewriting the Ethics of What We Eat

Fish Are Not What We AssumedThe tusk fish picks up a clam, swims to a rock, and smashes it open, repeatedly, deliberately, with the same stone it has used before. This is tool use. It was filmed in the wild, published in the journal Coral Reefs in 2011, and it…

Times Life

Gut viruses are evolving new tricks to beat bacteria — and could help fight superbugs

Scientists have found that some viruses can deliberately generate genetic diversity to evade bacterial defences, offering a potential new clue for developing treatments when antibiotics fail.

Euronews

Infants Given the RSV Antibody Received Fewer Antibiotic Prescriptions, Philadelphia Study Finds

A study of 15,341 infants found that nirsevimab recipients received fewer antibiotics for respiratory infections, a benefit beyond RSV prevention.

Medical Daily

Hospital Antibiotic Use Has Not Moved in Eight Years Despite Near-Universal Stewardship Programs

A CDC survey found that half of hospital patients received antibiotics in 2023, unchanged from 2015, even as stewardship programs became near-universal.

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Bacterial Infection Follows Roughly One in Twenty Gunshot Hospitalizations, with Head and Spine Surgery Highest Risk

About 5% of adults hospitalized for gunshot wounds developed bacterial infections, with head, neck and spine surgery carrying the highest risk.

Medical Daily

A Bipartisan Senate Bill Targets the Slowest Step in Making New Antibiotics

Senators Hassan and Marshall introduced the Stop Superbugs Act to fund a clinical research network speeding trials for new antibiotics.

Medical Daily

A Bipartisan Bill Would Let the NIH Help Run Clinical Trials for Badly Needed New Antibiotics

The Stop Superbugs Act would authorize an NIH research group to facilitate clinical trials for new antibiotics against drug-resistant infections.

Times Life

Why Eczema in Indian Adults Traces Back to Gut Health, Microbiome, and Inflammation

The skin is the symptom, not the sourceEczema, clinically called atopic dermatitis, affects roughly 10 to 30 percent of children and a significant share of adults in India, according to data published in the Indian Journal of Dermatology. Most adults manage it with moisturisers, topical steroids, and antihistamines. Many cycle…

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The Economic Times

Scientists use AI to create viruses that don’t exist in nature for the first time

Scientists have designed and created new viruses using artificial intelligence. These AI-designed bacteriophages successfully replicated and killed E. coli bacteria. This breakthrough marks a significant advancement in synthetic biology and potential medical applications. The technology could aid in developing new treatments for antibiotic-resistant infections.

Medical Daily

A Routine Bedside Score May Tell Doctors Which Sepsis Patients Need Antibiotics Immediately and Which Can Wait

A study of 100,000 patients found NEWS2 scores identify who benefits from immediate sepsis antibiotics. What the score measures and why timing matters.

Medical Daily

Extensively Drug Resistant Shigella Rose from Zero to 8.5 Percent of US Samples in CDC Surveillance Data

CDC found XDR Shigella climbed from 0% to 8.5% of tested samples through 2023. No FDA-approved oral antibiotic treats it.

LiveScience

'It's real, and it's happening': Antibiotic resistance in kids is rising around the world, massive study finds

A global analysis shows how antibiotic resistance has been increasing among childhood infections.

Medical Daily

More Than One Third of Invasive E. Coli Samples Worldwide Were Resistant to Multiple Antibiotics

A global analysis of 10,098 invasive E. coli isolates found that 34% were multidrug-resistant, with rates varying widely across countries.

Medical Daily

A Gut Infection Long Associated with Older Patients Rose 59 Percent Among Adults Aged 18 to 24

C. difficile emergency visits fell 30 percent overall from 2014 to 2024, but rose 59 percent among adults aged 18 to 24, a new study found.

Times Life

Why Crocodiles Are India's Most Ancient Survivors of Every Mass Extinction on Earth

Five Extinctions, Zero RedesignsThe asteroid that ended the dinosaurs 66 million years ago killed roughly 75 percent of all species on Earth. Crocodilians watched it happen and kept going. They had already survived the Permian extinction 252 million years ago, the worst die-off in Earth's history, which erased an estimated…

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