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Punjab Drug Regulatory Authority issues alert on ‘THESE’ medicines

LAHORE: A medical product alert has been issued by the Punjab Drug Regulatory Authority concerning seven substandard medicines, which include antibiotics and anti-allergic drugs,...

DRAP advises antibiotics be given on doctor’s prescription only

The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) in a letter to provinces urged to make sure that antibiotic medicines are sold only on prescription...

Sale of antibiotics sans prescription banned in THIS Pakistan province

LAHORE: The Punjab government has banned the sale of antibiotics san prescriptions across the province, ARY News reported on Thursday. As per details, the decision...

Ineffective Antibiotics

The in-effectivity of antibiotics has become a serious factor in the medicinal annals of Pakistan and many sources dealing with healthcare are vociferously bringing...

Antibiotic use without prescription common

One in four people had already used antibiotics without a prescription or intended to, the analysis found.

Antibiotics found in water samples from rivers in 72 countries

Rivers worldwide are polluted with antibiotics that exceed environmental safety thresholds by up to 300 times.

Investors keep food firms on warning over antibiotics

Since launching its engagement in 2016, the Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR) coalition said it had engaged with 20 companies worth a combined $280 billion

Children’s hospitals more likely to give recommended antibiotics for pneumonia

Kids with pneumonia may be more likely to receive recommended antibiotics when they’re treated at a children’s hospital than when they’re seen elsewhere, a...

G20 health ministers agree to tackle antibiotics resistance

BERLIN: Health ministers of the G20 leading economies, meeting for the first time on Saturday, agreed to work together to tackle issues such as...

UN wants new drugs against twelve supergerms

PARIS: The UN's health agency urged governments, scientists and pharma companies Monday to create new drugs to tackle 12 antibiotics-resistant supergerms threatening an explosion...

US woman dies of infection resistant to all 26 available antibiotics

MIAMI: A US woman has died from an infection that was resistant to all 26 available antibiotics, health officials said this week, raising new concerns...

UN sets its sights on drug-resistant superbugs

The meeting will bring together heads of government and senior health officials on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly -- a forum...

Blood test may help prevent overuse of antibiotics

MIAMI: An inexpensive blood test could one day tell doctors whether an infection is caused by a virus or a bacteria, and help prevent unwarranted prescribing of antibiotics, researchers said Wednesday.

U.S. sees first case of bacteria resistant to all antibiotics

U.S. health officials on Thursday reported the first case in the country of a patient with an infection resistant to all known antibiotics, and expressed grave concern that the superbug could pose serious danger for routine infections if it spreads.

KFC faces pressure after McDonald's says no antibiotics in chicken

LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO: KFC, the world's largest chain of fried chicken restaurants, may face pressure from consumer and environmental groups to change how its poultry are raised after McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) said it would switch to chicken raised without human antibiotics.

McDonald's to cut back on chicken fed with antibiotics

WASHINGTON: Fast-food giant McDonald's announced Wednesday it would stop serving chicken raised with antibiotics that are important to human health, as worries grow over resistance to crucial drugs.

New approach sees breakthrough in antibiotics research

PARIS: Scientists using a revolutionary approach have devised an antibiotic that may offset the mounting problem of drug resistance for decades, they said on Wednesday.

Antibiotics resistance could kill 10m a year by 2050

LONDON: A British government-commissioned review has found that resistance to antibiotics could account for 10 million deaths a year and hit global gross domestic product by 2.0 to 3.5 percent by 2050.
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