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Every year, thousands of infectious disease doctors from around the world troop to IDWeek, the premier clinical infectious disease conference that is usually held in the US. I go to IDWeek for several reasons: to listen to the state-of-the-art lectures; to see old friends and network with potential...

Antibiotics are up there with vaccines and clean water as among the most important medical discoveries of all time. Prior to the serendipitous discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in the 1920s, doctors had very few tools to treat bacterial infection. Many women died after giving birth due...

The Department of Health (DOH) underscored on Tuesday, Jan. 16, the importance of using antibiotics “correctly and responsibly” in the face of increasing concerns about antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Photo from DOH Facebook page “Ang mga hamon na dulot ng AMR ay masalimuot at maraming...

An independent health reform advocate said on Monday, Dec. 4 that antibiotics may not be an effective remedy for individuals with “walking pneumonia.” (Unsplash) "May isang grupo lamang ng antibiotics ang tumatalab sa walking pneumonia at ang pangalan ay azithromycin or macrolides (Only a...

LONDON, United Kingdom -- The UK government on Thursday admitted there were serious shortages of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections in children, despite more than a week of denials. "Serious shortage protocols" had been issued for three types of oral solutions used in paediatrics --...