Antibiotics

The research demonstrates that stone enrichments that have been previously conditioned in lake water significantly improve survival of aquaculture fish compared to clean stones. Credit: Pekka Hyvärinen/Luke Collaborative research of the University of Jyvaskyla and Natural Research Institute Finland presents new evidence of the effects of enriched rearing on well-being…

The Cayman Islands government is asking for Divemasters to help with putting antibiotics on reefs to protect them from Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease. The disease is “impacting over 20 species of reef-building corals on Grand Cayman’s reefs,” according to the Caymans Department of Environment: “As part of that response…

By Amy Norton HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, April 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of Americans have at some point in their lives gotten a long course of antibiotics to treat a bacterial infection. But according to new recommendations from a major U.S. doctors' group, some of the most common bacterial infections…

An antibiotic course of 5 days is usually just as effective as longer courses but with fewer side effects and decreased overall antibiotic exposure for a number of common bacterial conditions, according to new clinical guidelines published today by the American College of Physicians. The guidelines focus on treatment of…

No new class of antibiotics has been brought to market for decades. Photo / Sharon McCutcheon, Unsplash Isabelle Carnell-Holdaway was only 15 when, in 2017, the cystic fibrosis she had endured all her life forced her to have a double lung transplant. CF patients depend on antibiotics every day to…

Israeli tech company BATM Advanced Communications Ltd. announced on Monday that they have received full funding to develop a new rapid molecular diagnostics test for Tuberculosis (TB), which is expected to begin its testing and validation phases in the second half of 2021. The testing and validation phases will be…

SYDNEY, Mar 27, 2021 (ACN Newswire) - In the past two years, Australian beef exporters have become victims of the trade war due to the acute worsening of trade relations between China and Australia. China stopped importing beef products from five Australian beef companies, four of which produced and exported…

“A victory for animals.” That’s what philosopher Peter Singer, a luminary of the animal protection movement, called it last week when Utah’s Governor Spencer Cox signed into law Bill 147, which mandates that all eggs produced in Utah be produced by cage-free chickens by 2025. With the law, Utah joins…

Andy Koh Ju Hua began abusing his mother in 2017 She decided to reveal his acts only in June 2020 She refused to file police reports sooner in order not to jeopardise his future A prosecutor revealed more of what Koh had done to her, beyond the charges pressed against…

There are fears that one of the most common sexually transmitted infections among gay men in Australia could become more resistant to antibiotics, with a new research recommending that GPs not test patients for the infection unless they present symptoms. Mycoplasma genitalium is a common sexually transmitted infection – it…