Antibiotics

The cost of antibiotics needed to treat Strep A has skyrocketed - as industry professionals claim prices have been hiked up to take advantage of "unprecedented" demand. Multiple pharmacies have warned they cannot obtain the necessary medications to treat Strep A as a 16th child died in Sussex with a…

Dec. 9, 2022 – The use of antibiotics to prevent – not just treat – sexually transmitted infections was a fringe idea just a decade ago. Now, it has the backing of several studies and a green light from a California public health department. Jeffrey Klausner, MD, an infectious disease…

9 December 2022, GENEVA – A new World Health Organization (WHO) report reveals high levels of resistance in bacteria, causing life-threatening bloodstream infections, as well as increasing resistance to treatment in several bacteria causing common infections in the community based on data reported by 87 countries in 2020. For the…

Pharmacists are calling on Government to allow them to supply alternative products to patients without having to get approval from a GP. It comes amid ongoing supply issues with various drugs. Executive Committee member of the Irish Pharmacy Union Anne Marie Horan told Newstalk Breakfast they want to speed things…

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The Health Service Executive has written to schools and childcare providers advising them that children with fever, cough and sore throat should be kept home to combat a "significant increase in viral infections" and amid concerns about Group A Strep. The letters advised that "there has been a large increase…

Former UFC interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier is battling a staph infection that is not responding to antibiotics. On Monday, Poirier tweeted, “Shits getting serious” from his hospital room. He remains in the hospital and shared a photo of his badly infected foot on Tuesday. He hopes to be released…

Dustin Poirier has updated fans on his staph infection and things are looking bad for the fan favorite. According to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Poirier “told me it’s staph, but he’s not responding to antibiotics over the last 24 hours. Undergoing further blood work now, hopefully get some answers today.” Poirier…

AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File Brazilian soccer icon Pelé has been diagnosed with bronchopneumonia after undergoing tests Thursday and is receiving antibiotics for the illness, according to ESPN Brasil (via ESPN). Pelé's daughter Kely Nascimento said in an Instagram post that her 82-year-old father had been hospitalized Tuesday at Albert Einstein…

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