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A new viewpoint study suggests the use of antibacterial soaps and other cleaning products may contribute to the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), potentially posing risks to human and ...

Learn how carbapenem-resistant superbugs threaten global health and how stewardship programs, phage therapy, and stronger last resort drugs aim to fight antimicrobial resistance. Pixabay, geratl ...

These small, swift, prolific insects that live only around people are quickly evolving resistance to a range of pesticides at the same time and may soon be nearly impossible to kill with chemicals ...

From the moment raw ingredients are harvested to when you cook and eat a meal, an invisible process is taking place: the growth of antimicrobial resistance. This happens when microorganisms (bacteria, ...

In all the worthy discussions around the promise and peril of AI, we may be overlooking one of its most powerful use cases: solving urgent global health crises. Few problems illustrate this better ...

Long before we had modern antibiotics to rely on, people often turned to traditional medicines from plants to treat infections. The root of tormentil (Potentilla erecta), a small yellow wildflower ...

Tormentil grows wild across the UK, Ireland and Europe. Ihor Hvozdetskyi/ Shutterstock Long before we had modern antibiotics to rely on, people often turned to traditional medicines from plants to ...

We are continually in an evolutionary arms race with bacteria. As we develop new antibiotics, they develop resistance, and so it goes on until some of our treatments no longer work. Superbugs and ...