In response to the rise of AMR, world leaders recently convened at the United Nations General Assembly to forge a landmark commitment, setting ambitious targets and funding initiatives to curb the ...

One of the largest threats facing public health is growing resistance to the world’s existing antibiotics. Ben Hargreaves looks at the current challenges facing expanding the pipeline of antibiotics ...

In 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima type atomic bombs. 20 years later, we examine the disaster and its toll. A woman laments the loss of her ...

Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi or protozoans to grow despite exposure to antimicrobial substances designed to inhibit their growth. Microbes can ...