• The end of antibiotics

    Allen Cheng     |      November 9, 2023

    Antibiotics have saved countless lives over the last hundred years, but a lack of development and their overuse in both human medicine and agriculture means their effectiveness is waning fast.

  • Fewer superdrugs for more superbugs

    Open Forum     |      March 23, 2023

    Just 12 new antibiotics have entered the market from 2017 to 2021, according to a World Health Organization review that says the antibiotics currently in the pipeline aren’t enough to keep up with the rise in antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’.

  • Cutting antibiotic use around surgery

    Karin Thursky     |      December 13, 2019

    New research finds antibiotics are often prescribed inappropriately before, during and after surgery, and that more needs to be done to change the culture of prescription.