Drug Resistance Articles

19th March 2013

Drug-resistant pandemic flu circulating population, say Australian experts.

26th February 2013

Fake and substandard drugs, especially for tuberculosis, are abundant in low- and middle-income countries.

11th December 2012

Strains of the superbug mutate and spread rapidly, once they become resistant to antibiotics.

24th July 2012

Within two weeks, the new combination of three drugs killed 99% of patients' tuberculosis bacteria.

24th July 2012

A new report from WHO says HIV drug resistance is present but can be managed.

22nd May 2012

Fake malaria medications are threatening progress of the past decade with no international framework to regulate them.

10th April 2012

Experts warn that artemisinin based therapies may lose their effectiveness, sparking a public health disaster.

13th March 2012

WHO warns of a global crisis in antibiotics.

17th January 2012

Drug-resistant strains of TB have been reported for the first time in India.

17th January 2012

US doctors are found to give unnecessary antibiotics to people for small amounts of urinary bacteria.