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Health: Antibiotic resistance

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With increasing resistance to existing antibiotics, developing countries face a serious challenge in safeguarding their populations' health against killer diseases such as TB and typhoid fever.

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Opinions and Analysis

Biomed Analysis: End complacency on drug resistance

Controversy has pressed India into action to tackle antibiotic resistance. Now other countries must do the same, says Priya Shetty.

21 April 2011 | EN

BioMed Analysis: Joining forces against TB

A partnership involving the US Food and Drug Administration may speed up delivery of new tuberculosis drug combinations, says Priya Shetty.

19 March 2010 | EN | 中文

Drug-resistant TB needs massive research increase

17 July 2008 | EN | 中文
Source: PLoS Medicine


News and Features

Nurse tending to TB patient in China China signs agreement to produce new TB vaccines

China's largest biotechnology company and a non-profit product developer are teaming up to develop new tuberculosis vaccines.

24 January 2012 | EN | 中文

India faces totally drug-resistant TB

Indian health officials are describing hard to treat cases of TB as 'extra XDR-TB' amid warnings that the disease is not being managed properly.

19 January 2012 | EN

Roads may accelerate spread of antibiotic resistance

28 September 2011 | EN | ES
Source: Science NOW