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UNGA 2024: Reducing excess antimicrobial use to fight AMR

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UNGA 2024: Independent Panel on AMR and the role of ESCMID

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Pathogens, including multi-drug resistant “superbugs”, found on floors, ceilings and door handles of hospital toilets, UK study finds

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Antimicrobial resistance prevalence varies by age and sex in bloodstream infections in European hospitals

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Ten-minute breath test to monitor antibiotic concentrations

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Too early to use ChatGPT to advise on the treatment of infections

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The threat of polio paralysis may have disappeared, but enterovirus paralysis is just as dangerous and surveillance and testing systems are desperately needed

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Study finds resistance to critically important antibiotics in uncooked meat sold for human and animal consumption

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Study shows ChatGPT failed when challenging ESCMID guideline for treating brain abscesses

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New global study reveals true scale of antimicrobial resistance threat

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Global measles cases almost double in a year

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Negativity about vaccines surged on Twitter after COVID-19 jabs become available

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Global cervical cancer vaccine roll-out shows it to be very effective in reducing cervical cancer and other HPV-related disease, but huge variations between countries in coverage

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Making transfusion-transmitted malaria in Europe a thing of the past

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Experts developing way to harness Nobel Prize winning CRISPR technology to deal with antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

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Experts developing immune-enhancing therapies to target tuberculosis

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CRISPR is promising to tackle antimicrobial resistance, but remember bacteria can fight back

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Personalised “cocktails” of antibiotics, probiotics and prebiotics hold great promise in treating a common form of irritable bowel syndrome, pilot study finds

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Today, the Global Leaders Group (GLG) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) hosted “Forging partnerships between science and policy: A high-level AMR event” for the second consecutive year.

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WHO reports widespread overuse of antibiotics in patients hospitalized with COVID-19

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Antimicrobial-resistant hospital infections remain at least 12% above pre-pandemic levels, major US study finds

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German study finds antibiotic use in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 appears to have no beneficial effect on clinical outcomes

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The importance of communicating to the public during a pandemic, and the personal risk it can lead to

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Improving health communication to save lives during epidemics

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Expert sounds alarm as mosquito-borne diseases becoming a global phenomenon in a warmer more populated world

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New ultraviolet light air disinfection technology could help protect against healthcare infections and even the next pandemic

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Climate change is multiplying the threat caused by antimicrobial resistance

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UK/German study - COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and fewer common side-effects most important factors in whether adults choose to get vaccinated

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Major genetic meta-analysis reveals how antibiotic resistance in babies varies according to mode of birth, prematurity, and where they live

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Study shows more than half of global infectious diseases experts surveyed rate influenza as the number one pathogen of concern of pandemic potential

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Black women hospitalised in USA with blood infection resistant to last-resort antibiotic at increased risk of death

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Following longest known chronic SARS-CoV-2 infection of 613 days, experts highlight the risk of development of novel potentially immune-evasive SARS-CoV-2 variants due to persistent infections in immunocompromised patients

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HIV epidemic cannot be ended without stopping former prisoners and other patients being lost to care

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Tuberculosis can have a lasting impact on the lung health of individuals who have been successfully treated for the disease

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UK/Portuguese study strongly suggests antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” are being passed from cats and dogs to their owners

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ChatGPT could help reduce vaccine hesitancy and provide helpful advice on STIs

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Novel automatic toilet flushing device reduces bacterial contamination on bathroom surfaces

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Recent contact with young children linked to trebling of risk of over-60s acquiring pneumonia-causing bacteria

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Study finds association between TB infection and increased risk of various cancers

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Study shows Mpox (monkeypox) antibodies wane within a year of vaccination

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Case report from Austria shows mpox breakthrough infection in man who had received both vaccine doses

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Swedish study indicates a significant decline of neutralising antibodies to monkeypox virus already during the first month after vaccination

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Scientists have a new tool in the race to improve the diagnosis and prognosis of sepsis

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Individuals with multiple sclerosis face substantially greater risk of hospitalisation and death from COVID-19, despite high rates of vaccination

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STIs in older adults

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HIV in developed countries

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Study finds that for each 10% increase of certain bacteria type in the gut microbiome, the risk of hospitalisation for infections falls by up to a quarter

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HIV in cell culture can be completely eliminated using CRISPR-Cas gene editing technology, increasing hopes of cure

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Long COVID ‘indistinguishable’ from other post-viral syndromes a year after infection

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Elsevier partners with ESCMID to launch a new Open Access journal in microbiology and infectious disease: CMI Communications

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Optimising preventive measures to stop surgical infections – why are we doing what we are doing?

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Knowing when you can return to work or send your child back to school/nursery – personalised care for influenza and flu-like illness

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Artificial intelligence has huge potential in infection control, as long as the right questions are asked and safeguards are in place

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How artificial intelligence could improve speed and accuracy of response to infectious disease outbreaks in hospitals, and even prevent them

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