Antibiotics

How Antibiotics Made Superbugs

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called antibiotic resistance "one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development".It comes after experts warned for decades that excessive use of antibiotics makes it harder to tackle the bacteria the medicines were created to destroy.Here's a closer look at the problem.What Is Antibiotic Resistance? Antibiotics are medicines that either destroy bacteria or keep them from proliferating. Penicilli

18 November 2021
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Superbugs to 'kill millions' by 2050

Millions of people in Europe, North America and Australia will die from superbug infections unless countries prioritise fighting the growing threat posed by bacteria immune to most known drugs, experts predicted Wednesday. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned of "disastrous consequences" for public healthcare and spending unless basic hospital hygiene is boosted and unnecessary antibiotic use slashed.

11 November 2018
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Vietnam’s shrimp exports at risk

Vietnam is enjoying record numbers in shrimp exports but ironically faces tough barriers in its home market.Shrimp accounted for 46 percent of Vietnam’s total seafood exports in 2017, raking in US$3.8 billion out of US$8.3 billion worth of aquaculture exports in total. In 1Q18, shrimp exports brought in US$719 million in revenue.

8 October 2018
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