Friday, 22 September 2017

The world is running out of antibiotics: WHO

The world is running out of antibiotics, WHO report confirms: A report launched today by WHO shows a serious lack of new antibiotics under development to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance.

Thursday, 21 September 2017

WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed

WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed: WHO today published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant 'priority pathogens'—a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health.