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Ghana launches environmental antimicrobial resistance implementation plan

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), in collaboration with key government ministries and international partners, has launched Ghana’s Environmental Antimicrobial Resistanc...

FDA Finalizes Guidance for Assessing Human Health Risks of Antimicrobial Use in Food-Producing Animals

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is recognized as a crucial threat to global public health. Antimicrobial use in animal agriculture can contribute to the emergence and spread of incr...

UK APHA Highlights Outcomes of Seven-Year Project to Bolster Global AMR Laboratory Capacities

In an effort to address the “silent pandemic” of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a recently concluded UK Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)–FAO project has helped partners acros...

Food Hygiene, Antimicrobial Stewardship are Equally Critical to Controlling Foodborne Drug Resistance, FAO Experts Say

Controlling foodborne antimicrobial resistance requires a One Health approach centered on food hygiene. Although antimicrobial stewardship can slow the emergence and enrichment of...

South Africa: Antibiotic Resistance Is Spreading Through South Africa's Water Systems - Study Explains How

[The Conversation Africa] Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is defined as the ability of disease-causing microorganisms to withstand treatments like antibiotics.

Last-line antibiotics at risk as children's resistance rises

Antimicrobial resistance in children is rising globally and will worsen over the next decade, threatening the effectiveness of life-saving antibiotics, according to the world's fir...

Pakistan, intensive poultry farming and antibiotic resistance: when chicken houses become “pathogen sponges”

Pakistan’s poultry sector provides an important example of the challenges associated with the intensification of broiler production and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Rapidly expa...

Intensive Farming May Yield a Bumper Crop of Drug-Resistant Pathogens

September 04, 2026 | Source: Anthropocene Magazine | by Douglas Fox When people imagine the front line of antibiotic resistance, they may see a hospital where antibiotics are over...

Study Finds Multidrug-Resistant, Biofilm-Forming Enterococcus Across Retail Meat, Workers, Consumers

A new study found high levels of multidrug resistance and biofilm formation among Enterococcus spp. isolated from retail meat, market workers, and consumers. Genetic similarities a...

Tire Microplastics Could Speed Up Antibiotic Resistance Spread in Cities

Tiny fragments generated as tires wear down may be more than an urban nuisance. A new perspective argues that tire-derived microplastics can create environmental hotspots that help...

FDA Finalizes New Way to Assess Risks of Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture

August 13, 2026 | Source: Civil Eats | by Lisa Held August 13, 2026 – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week updated the framework it uses to evaluate the risks of antib...

GAO Examines Microplastics Sources, Health Concerns, and Policy Challenges

A new publication from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) examined the growing presence of microplastics in the environment and the human body, highlighting ongoing sc...

Senators introduce bipartisan legislation to further antimicrobial resistance research

The bill was introduced alongside a report that found “superbugs” can cost the U.S. at least $5.7 billion each year.

Seasonal Shifts in Shitalakshya River Microbes and Antibiotic Resistance Revealed by Metagenomics

Bangladesh River’s Dry-Season Crisis Is Selecting for Microbes Built to Survive Pollution A river supplying drinking water to millions of people in Dhaka undergoes a dramatic micro...

GAO Assesses Current and Emerging Genetically Engineered Microbe Technologies for Waste Cleanup

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on July 14, 2026, entitled Biotechnology: Applications, Challenges, and Policy Options for Engineered Microbes for...

UK urged to ban Brazilian meat imports over antibiotic and AMR concerns

Leading UK farming organisations have called on the government to urgently prohibit imports of Brazilian beef, poultry and other affected animal products, bringing Great Britain in...

Polymorphisms in a bacterial signalling pathway alter evolutionary routes of antibiotic resistance in <i>Escherich...

by Chetna Yelpure, Saillesh Chinnaraj, Kush Topiwala, Jay Phadke, Nishad Matange Antibiotic resistance in bacteria frequently evolves due to mutations in drug-target or detoxifyin...

A unified framework for potency-oriented AMP discovery via multi-modal learning and guided sequence synthesis

by Wenyu Zhang, Yizheng Wang, Yixiao Zhai, Pinglu Zhang, Yijie Ding, Quan Zou The rapid emergence of drug-resistant pathogens poses a critical threat to global health. With tradit...

Simple birth-death-mutation models predict some—but not all—aspects of the experimental evolution of antibiotic resistan...

by Elin Lilja, Rosalind J. Allen, Bartlomiej Waclaw Mathematical modelling of antibiotic resistance plays an important role in understanding the mechanisms of resistance emergence...

Another Study Suggests Plastic Particles Strengthen E. coli Biofilms; Researchers Underline Drinking Water Safety Implic...

Adding to a growing body of evidence that micro- and nanoplastics may enhance the virulence and persistence of pathogens in food and the environment, a new study found that nanopla...

Doctors Caution Against Indiscriminate Antibiotic Use As Monsoon-Related Illnesses Rise

NEW DELHI : Amid a spike in monsoon-related illnesses, doctors have said people should avoid self-medication with antibiotics as fever does not automatically mean a bacterial infec...

EPA Extends Emerging Viral Pathogen Guidance for the Mpox Virus

Drug-resistant Shigella cases surge, especially among adult men

The prevalence of extensively drug-resistant Shigella is surging in the U.S., with isolates jumping from 0% in 2011 to 8.5% in 2023, according to a CDC report analyzing trends and...

Drug-resistant Shigella cases surge, especially among adult men

The prevalence of extensively drug-resistant Shigella is surging in the U.S., with isolates jumping from 0% in 2011 to 8.5% in 2023, according to a CDC report analyzing trends and...