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Antibiotic resistance

  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Investors step up calls to cut use of antibiotics in food chain

    Groups managing more than $13tn cite ‘economic imperative’ of finding ways to reduce superbugs’ spread

    Dairy cows in pens
  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2024
    Disease control and prevention
    Wider use of antibiotic would reduce child mortality in Africa, study finds

    WHO reviews Niger trial as issue highlights dilemma over threat of ‘superbugs’

    A nurse examines a child in the village of Dan-Mazadou in southeastern Niger
  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    Urban birds may be spreading drug-resistant ‘superbugs’, research shows

    Wild birds are more likely to be carriers of antibiotic-resistant bacteria if they live close to humans, says study

    A duck leads 10 ducklings
  • Monday, 12 August, 2024
    National Health Service
    NHS launches ‘subscription’ scheme for antibiotics with pharma sector

    Drugmakers will receive flat fees for new medicines in push to avoid encouraging overuse

    Antibiotics are placed in petri dishes filled with bacteria
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Rapid tests take aim at antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’

    Innovation prize targeting urinary tract infections boosts effort to tackle pathogens that develop immunity to drugs

    An illustration of the bacteria that cause cystitis, or bladder inflammation
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Global fight intensifies against superbug ‘menace’

    GSK joins UK government in committing £130mn to tackle growth of antimicrobial resistance

    Dame Sally Davies, UK special envoy on AMR
  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    Special ReportHealth and Climate Change
    Climate change risks fuelling antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’

    Global warming, flooding and pollution could all help promote evolution of pathogens

    A scene of an emergency where a section of a road beside a swollen river has given way. Civilians and workers are visible, navigating the area with caution. Yellow tape has been set up for safety around the site of the collapse, with the turbulent river indicating recent flooding or heavy rainfall
  • Monday, 22 April, 2024
    EU approves new antibiotic to tackle rise of superbugs

    Pfizer’s Emblaveo to be aimed at some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria

    Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria against a black backgroun
  • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
    ‘Potent’ antibiotic drug boosts fight against superbugs

    New molecule proves effective in animals against several drug-resistant bacteria

    A coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    Manica Balasegaram
    Antibiotic resistance is the greatest threat to cancer patients

    Investing in new oncology drugs without building up an effective arsenal against infections is a false economy

    A nurse hangs a bag of medicine
  • Tuesday, 9 January, 2024
    Disease control and prevention
    Crop chemicals boost drug resistance of killer fungi, scientists warn

    Medical experts call for curbs on agricultural fungicides

    Aspergillus culture under a microscope
  • Wednesday, 3 January, 2024
    New drug offers hope in fight against hospital ‘superbugs’

    Potential remedy targets leading antibiotic-resistant pathogen that causes life-threatening infections in patients

    A computer illustration of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria inside biofilm
  • Monday, 2 October, 2023
    Special ReportFT Health: Future of Antibiotics
    Ukraine infections show rising threat from antibiotic resistance

    Economic and political fallout from war distracts governments from health threats

    A paramedic measures the blood pressure of a wounded soldier at a mobile clinic
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    Special Report
    FT Health: Communicable Diseases

    Unlearnt lessons of Covid; deficient world diagnostics; vaccine cold storage in the global south; stronger health surveillance systems needed; medical waste unmasked; doctors’ pay and the fight against disease; book review of the four decades since Aids

    A healthcare worker in protective overalls, gloves and facemask preparing a vaccine
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    Rise in fungal infections illustrates risks of antimicrobial resistance

    Drug resistance is not just a problem with bacteria

    A microscopic image of a yeast that causes infections
  • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
    Drugs research
    Non-profit and industry investors propose paediatric cancer fund

    New model aims to reduce high development costs and increase number of drugs being tested

    An oncological day clinic in Munich
  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    Disease control and prevention
    Japanese drugmaker urges G7 to fix infectious diseases market

    Shionogi chief warns companies are deserting the field to focus on more lucrative areas

  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    The Big Read
    Superbugs: why it’s so hard to stop the ‘silent pandemic’

    Antimicrobial resistance already kills millions and is projected to get worse. But there is little incentive for Big Pharma to tackle the issue

    FT montage of bacteria and pill capsules
  • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
    Anjana Ahuja
    New bacterial ‘dark matter’ offers hope for a drug-resistant world

    As the antibiotic pipeline empties, a fresh approach to studying bacteria has emerged

    Illustration of a scientist opening a pill capsule to unleash a new antibiotic to kill bacteria
  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
    Investor activism
    Food companies face investor calls to curb antibiotic use on farms

    Awareness about the negative impact of antimicrobial resistance on shareholder returns is growing

    Chickens gathered to drink water on a farm
  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    UK moves to combat antimicrobial resistance with overseas investment

    Health department to spend £210mn to track deadly superbugs across Asia and Africa

    A multi-drug resistant bacteria
  • Monday, 7 August, 2023
    Antibiotic resistance linked to air pollution, study suggests

    Research finds superbugs increase in tandem with levels of small particulate matter in the air

    Traffic passing through thick greyish smoke
  • Monday, 3 July, 2023
    National Health Service
    NHS plans wider rollout of UK subscription model for antibiotics

    Successful pilot in England will be expanded to more pharma companies and include N Ireland, Scotland and Wales

    Boxes of tablets on a shelf
  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Investors can play their part in the war on superbugs

    As McDonald’s is targeted, governments also need to tighten and enforce rules

    Cows in a field in County Donegal, Ireland
  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    Special ReportFT Health: Future of Antibiotics
    Pollution from antibiotic factories highlighted as public health risk

    Governments and some pharma companies try to tackle problem linked with drug resistance

    a public hot water pool along the Parvati river and, on the other side, the Gurudwara Shri Sahib
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