Whole-genome sequencing revealed the spread of MRSA strains among patients, health care workers and the environment, including within — and even between — ICUs, according to findings in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Date: June 15, [...]
via CNN.comby Jen Christensen, CNN Story: http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/03/health/mrsa-fda-drug/index.html?hpt=hp_t2The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its first ever Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP). In a groundbreaking move, the FDA has stepped up its efforts in [...]
via theStar.com By Jennifer Yang Global health reporter, theStar.comStory: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/04/30/drugresistant_bacteria_now_a_global_threat_says_who.html Growing fears of a post-antibacterial world could eventually become reality, as the WHO has released the results of its first global survey on the issue -the [...]
via RT.comStory: http://rt.com/news/155900-superbugs-un-antibiotic-resistance/"The implications will be devastating", warns Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's assistant director-general for health security. What he's referring to is the now very real threat of long-term and wide-spread implications of drug-resistant superbugs, [...]
