- Enter Mutant Germs
New strains of germs impervious to antibiotics are back from the brink in even more virulent forms. And India is a hot zone.
New strains of germs impervious to antibiotics are back from the brink in even more virulent forms. And India is a hot zone.
Thirty Nigerian families sued Pfizer in US court yesterday, saying the company conducted an unethical clinical trial of an antibiotic on their children in 1996. It is the first suit in the United
An Australian expert has warned that an antibacterial chemical used in household products could help germs develop resistance to medical antibiotics. Associate Professor John Turnidge says the
Thirty Nigerian families have sued Pfizer Inc. in federal court, contending the company conducted an unethical clinical trial of an antibiotic on their children in 1996. It is the first lawsuit in
Two more cases of anthrax were disclosed yesterday in the New York area, with a second postal worker near Trenton hospitalized and an employee of The New York Post, who had been taking antibiotics
The US government put in place another large contract for an anti-anthrax drug, ordering 1.2bn tablets of the antibiotic doxacycline.
The decision by public health officials to treat thousands of postal workers with Cipro just days after warning against overprescribing the antibiotic was essentially an acknowledgment that they are
US health officials warned doctors yesterday that doxycycline, an antibiotic being prescribed to people who might have been exposed to anthrax, could stunt fetal growth when taken by pregnant
The anthrax virus may get more difficult to eliminate if the widespread use of antibiotics continues. Researchers fear the value of the currently available drug may soon get compromised as the virus
A new antibiotic isolated from fish may have implications for treating diseases in both humans and animals, say the North Carolina Sea Grant researchers who discovered it. The study is reported in
The blanket treatment of healthy livestock with antibiotics is creating superbacteria in food that are a serious human-health threat, according to research published in New England Journal of
Excessive and indiscriminate use of antibiotics in Nepal is heading to major problem of drug resistance among the common population, a study conducted by the Department of Drug Administration has
Seven brands of honey are being withdrawn from sale for containing an illegal residue of streptomycin, a veterinary drug that is also used as a human antibiotic. The honey comes from China, or is
Belgian health authorities said they had found allergy-causing antibiotics in animal feed, the third food scare this year for a country still recovering from a major contamination in 1999. The
It was a pleasant surprise to learn that three large American poultry companies had greatly reduced their use of antibiotics in healthy chickens. Other companies ought to follow the lead of these
Big poultry producers have flocked quickly this month to rally behind the cause of food safety by banning use of an antibiotic for chickens and turkeys amid rising consumer concerns that it may harm
The rapid use of antibiotics by thousands of people cooled the hot spots in last fall's anthrax-by-mail terrorist attacks, holding down the inhaled infections and deaths, researchers
Orchid Healthcare, the formulations division of Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd., is launching three antibiotics in the domestic market. According to a press release the drugs are Cepirom
The Andhra Pradesh state government would launch a campaign on a large scale to prevent aquaculture farmers from using certain antibiotics in the processing of seafood meant for exports, Minister for
Contrary to the claims to the Union health ministry a measles epidemic is raging in some of Gujarat's riot relief camps. Not only are effective antibiotics unavailable but diseases are also spreading