HISTORICAL FACTS: 19 - Caught on Camera

We should care more about emerging infectious diseases, and the tools we need to fight them

Throughout human history, disease outbreaks have emerged and re-emerged. What’s different now is that with global travel, outbreaks can move quickly among and between populations.

The Conversation · Feb 26, 2025

UK ‘falling short’ in fight against rise of superbugs resistant to antibiotics

Antimicrobial resistance contributing to estimated 35,000 deaths a year in UK, and government ‘a long way’ from containing the problem, says NAO

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2025

‘Limited’ progress in addressing health threat of antibiotic resistance – report

A new report has called for more action to address the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025

Doctor tells London inquest of ‘feelings of betrayal’ after son’s sepsis death

Deborah Burns says she witnessed a series of medical blunders by colleagues at William Hewes’s bedside

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2025

Senior doctor tells of ‘betrayal’ over son’s death at hospital where she worked

William Hewes died aged 22 at Homerton University Hospital in January 2023.

Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2025

Student died from sepsis after antibiotics error in London hospital, inquest hears

Potentially life-saving drug was prescribed for William Hewes but not given quickly enough due to communication mix-up

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2025

Medical staff failed to swiftly give antibiotics to doctor’s son, inquest told

William Hewes, 22, died at Homerton University Hospital in January 2023.

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025

Common antibiotic that treats diarrhea can also treat inflammatory bowel disease: Study

Four out of five patients who participated in a study, led by researchers from the University of Birmingham, were cured after taking a commonly used antibiotic that treats diarrhea.

The Times of India · Feb 11, 2025

China makes some of Americans’ most common medicines. They won’t be spared from Trump’s tariffs

Everyday painkillers, antibiotics, cancer medications, blood thinners and more are just some of the drugs that the U.S. relies on China to help manufacture

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2025

Doctor describes delay in giving sick baby antibiotics, inquest hears

Ben Condon, who was two months old, died at Bristol Children’s Hospital in April 2015

Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2025