Antibiotics

After screening thousands of drugs, researchers have found one that completely eliminates the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, a study with mice shows. For decades, the routine treatment for Lyme disease has been standard antibiotics, which usually kill off the infection. But for up to 20% of people with the…

In 1998, at a special WHO conference on Buruli ulcer held in Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, delegates and heads of state of affected countries recognised Buruli ulcer as a damaging disease about which little was known. Importantly, there seemed to be no reliable chemotherapy, leaving wide excisional surgery and grafting as…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to announce an executive order insisting on American-made medical supplies and pharmaceuticals in response to the coronavirus outbreak, according to a person familiar with the plan, as the White House begins to come to grips with the severity of the situation.Word about…

Amid questions about whether the U.S. has enough medical supplies to confront the spread of COVID-19, the Strategic National Stockpile — the nation’s emergency pharmacy and medical supplies stash — is further stocking up, recently ordering 500 million N95 respirator masks. If that news is starting to sound like something…

Microscopy time-lapse pictures of E. coli cells growing in a microfluidics channel (from left to right), undergoing gene copy number mutations (high intensity of blue fluorescence: high copy number; low intensity of blue fluorescence/red fluorescence: low copy number) Credit: IST Austria - Guet group Turning genes on and off as…

Main Blog > Why Are We Asked To Take Antibiotics For Two Weeks? In 1989, Timothy Sullivan had an ear infection, and he was urged to take antibiotics. After popping a giant tablet of amoxicillin one summer afternoon, he jumped up to celebrate “after confirming that had not asphyxiated and…

Written by Prabha Raghavan | New Delhi | Updated: March 5, 2020 3:29:14 am In the earlier exercise, ICMR found over 30 of the 58 molecules, which include key raw materials used to make these drugs, had “no” alternatives.A committee formed last month to study India’s import dependence on China…

A microbiologist pulls a bacteria sample from a test tube at the Infectious Disease Laboratory, ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ASSOCIATED PRESS Antimicrobial resistance doesn’t grab our attention like the novel coronavirus does. But, perhaps it should. Each year in the U.S., at least 2.8…

Click here for The Motley Fool's resources on Coronavirus and the market. The divestment of its cephalosporin products could bring in several hundred million dollars. GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) is hanging a "for sale" sign on a group of its antibiotics, according to an article published by Bloomberg. The article, citing "people…