Antibiotic resistance
Health & Medicine
A new way to manage antibiotic allergies in Australia
Two million Australians self-report an allergy to penicillin – but most actually aren’t allergic – and this can lead to serious public health consequences
Health & Medicine
The tech boosting world-class antimicrobial research
As we mark Antimicrobial Awareness week, one Australian collaboration has been pioneering software solutions and research into antimicrobial stewardship for nearly two decades
Health & Medicine
Starving the bacterium that causes pneumonia
By targeting an essential nutrition pathway, researchers hope to develop drug targets against the bacterium that causes pneumonia
Health & Medicine
Can thousands of oranges worth of vitamin C cure sepsis?
Sepsis, when our immune response to infection attacks tissues and organs, is a major killer, but recent research suggests a megadose of vitamin C can reverse the damage
Health & Medicine
A new weapon in the war against superbugs
New research is finding ways to beat dangerous superbugs with ‘resistance resistant’ antibiotics, and it could help in our fight against COVID-19 complications
Sciences & Technology
How do we get antibiotic resistance genes in a salad?
Animal manure is a known source of antibiotic resistance genes, and now new research shows how these genes travel from the soil to a salad