AntibioticResistance

Lagos: Dr Emelda Chukwu, a Senior Researcher at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), on Monday raised concerns over the growing high-level resistance to third-generation antibiotics known as cephalosporins. …

When scientists launched bacteria‑infecting viruses to the International Space Station, they discovered that space changes the rules of infection. In microgravity, viruses still attacked their bacterial hosts, but both organisms …

A researcher, Dr Kolawole Aremu, has called for immediate public health action to curb the rapidly rising spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria in the country. Aremu, Research Associate,Trans-Saharan Diseases Research Centre, …

The world faces an accelerating threat of antibiotic resistance, as exposed by a new global report, which revealed a disturbing rise in treatment-resistant infections, exposing critical gaps in health systems …

Abuja: The World Animal Protection (WAP) has sounded a warning the word could be mourning the loss of over 10 million lives annually by 2050, due to infections that are …