Some widely used antibiotics have lost efficacy up to 97 per cent in Bangladesh because of the misuse of the lifesaving drugs due to unregulated sale, over-prescription, self-medication and incomplete dosing as laws and High Court verdict are hardly followed.
Harmful bacteria, many of those now resistant to commonly used antibiotics, are prevalent at retail meat shops across the capital Dhaka, researchers said, highlighting the food safety risks in one of the world鈥檚 most densely populated cities...
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter at a programme on Saturday called upon all concerned to stop the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in livestock...
ANTIBIOTIC resistance is increasingly becoming a global health crisis, primarily driven by the irrational, unnecessary, and non-compliant use of antibiotics. Research reveals that, in 2022 alone, over 3 million children worldwide succumbed to antibiotic-resistant infections. A study by two leading child health researchers highlighted that children in Africa and...
Patients in the United Kingdom and European Union are facing shortages of vital medicines such as antibiotics and epilepsy medication, research published on Thursday found....
