Superbugs
latest news & developments
Superbugs plus climate change equals double trouble. Here’s why
As the Earth becomes hotter, we’re seeing more floods and droughts. Flooding can make superbugs spread faster and further. And heat helps germs adapt faster
Two superbugs causing over half of infections that kill newborns in Soweto and outsmarting treatment
Over the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand’s vaccines and infectious diseases analytics unit analysed small tissue samples of 1 586 children…
Aid cuts, including by UK, undermine progress on fight against superbugs
Antimicrobial resistance threatens global health and economic stability. Urgent investment in surveillance, innovation and stewardship is critical to containment
Water, air and soil pollution is spawning deadly superbugs
Environmental waste, especially pharmaceuticals and toxins, needs high-level action to stop its major contribution to antimicrobial resistance
Video: How to beat superbugs on a tight budget
Superbugs are fighting back and our state hospitals don’t have the right specialists or enough funding to stop more germs from becoming untreatable
Superbugs: Why hospitals need more money to fight drug resistance
Germs are outsmarting medicine faster than South Africa’s overburdened facilities can keep up with them