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15.03.23

Global Superbugs

Global trade of last-hope antibiotic still creating dangerous superbugs

The global trade in colistin, a human medicine, for use on livestock farms is driving the spread of deadly diseases

22.11.22

Global Superbugs

Swimming in superbugs: MRSA and E coli found in British rivers

Testing commissioned by the Bureau, World Animal Protection and the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics has found evidence of drug resistance in waterways near farms

21.11.22

Global Superbugs

McDonald’s and Walmart beef suppliers risk public health with ‘reckless’ antibiotics use

The most important antibiotics to human health are still being used within the supply chains of major US food companies, risking the spread of dangerous superbugs

05.07.22

Global Superbugs

Dangerous salmonella found in UK farms and meat

Results obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveal a spike in poultry products contaminated with salmonella infantis in recent years

05.07.22

Global Superbugs

Deadly superbug found in British supermarket pork

More than 10% of sampled pork products, including joints, chops and mince, have found to be infected with a bacteria that showed resistance to a ‘last resort’ antibiotic used to treat serious illnesse...

16.03.22

Global Superbugs

Superbugs on the shelves: diseased chicken being sold across America

Companies routinely exceed level of bacteria allowed by USDA – and do not have to recall their products

06.07.21

Global Superbugs

The world’s hunger for meat is accelerating the rise of superbugs

The adoption of intensive farming practices in middle-income countries is estimated to account for up to a third of the increase in global use of antibiotics for livestock between 2010 and 2030

17.06.21

Global Superbugs

Superbug fears as supermarket pig farms escalate use of antibiotics

The use of a class of antibiotics prescribed for infections in humans more than doubled on UK pig farms between 2015 and 2019, and experts warn of a further rise

31.03.20

Global Superbugs

Indian drug companies try to gut antibiotic pollution controls

India’s pharmaceutical industry is trying to weaken a law that would tackle pollution from antibiotics production

07.02.20

Global Superbugs

India to ban antibiotic pollution from pharma factories

The Indian government will drastically limit the concentration of antibiotics allowed in wastewater from the manufacturing process

20.09.19

Global Superbugs

‘Invisible’ pharmacists selling knock-off drugs: the rise of antibiotic resistance in Cambodia

For the first time researchers have spoken to unregistered pharmacists selling antibiotics in Cambodia and discovered startling misuse of the drugs

19.08.19

Global Superbugs

Drug company reps give quack doctors fridges and televisions to sell antibiotics

Salesmen from India's largest pharmaceutical companies told our undercover reporter they encouraged unqualified doctors to prescribe antibiotics, contributing to the global superbug crisis

22.07.19

Global Superbugs

India bans use of "last hope" antibiotic on farms

After a Bureau investigation into the use of colistin to boost growth in chicken farming, the Indian government has banned the practice

13.02.19

Global Superbugs

How clean water can be the most powerful weapon against superbugs

We visited Ghana to see just how much difference running water can make in the global fight against antibiotic resistance

18.01.19

Global Superbugs

World's biggest animal drugs company stops marketing antibiotics as growth promoters in India

Zoetis is still selling feed additives which make livestock grow faster

31.12.18

Global Superbugs

Unseen enemy: Doctors in Gaza battling superbug epidemic

Thousands of patients in Gaza are suffering antibiotic resistant infections in gunshot wounds and the problem is crippling the health system, doctors warn

19.12.18

Global Superbugs

Antibiotic use plummets on US farms after ban on using drugs to make livestock grow faster

Use of antibiotics in meat and milk dropped by a third between 2016 and 2017, show new figures from the US Food and Drug Administration

05.12.18

Global Superbugs

India set to ban use of “last hope” antibiotic to fatten livestock after Bureau story

Experts say the proposed ban will save the lives of patients in India and all around the world

22.11.18

Global Superbugs

Elanco's adverts 'disgusting' says Chief Medical Officer

Dame Sally Davies said adverts warning mothers not to worry about antibiotics in meat disgusted her "as a woman"

14.11.18

Global Superbugs

Babies hit the hardest by India's antibiotic resistance crisis

In a world where antibiotics no longer work, those most vulnerable to infections are in the most danger

Global trade of last-hope antibiotic still creating dangerous superbugs

Swimming in superbugs: MRSA and E coli found in British rivers

McDonald’s and Walmart beef suppliers risk public health with ‘reckless’ antibiotics use

Dangerous salmonella found in UK farms and meat

Deadly superbug found in British supermarket pork

Superbugs on the shelves: diseased chicken being sold across America

The world’s hunger for meat is accelerating the rise of superbugs

Superbug fears as supermarket pig farms escalate use of antibiotics

Indian drug companies try to gut antibiotic pollution controls

India to ban antibiotic pollution from pharma factories

‘Invisible’ pharmacists selling knock-off drugs: the rise of antibiotic resistance in Cambodia

Drug company reps give quack doctors fridges and televisions to sell antibiotics

India bans use of "last hope" antibiotic on farms

How clean water can be the most powerful weapon against superbugs

World's biggest animal drugs company stops marketing antibiotics as growth promoters in India

Unseen enemy: Doctors in Gaza battling superbug epidemic

Antibiotic use plummets on US farms after ban on using drugs to make livestock grow faster

India set to ban use of “last hope” antibiotic to fatten livestock after Bureau story

Elanco's adverts 'disgusting' says Chief Medical Officer

Babies hit the hardest by India's antibiotic resistance crisis

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