Antimicrobial resistance
War on bugs can’t be won, York U researchers declare
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War on bugs can’t be won, York U researchers declare
From a wartime spread of antimicrobial resistant disease in Ukraine, to superbugs in China causing “white lung” pneumonia in children, 2023 brought no shortage of new evidence that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to be a pressing problem globally, and this pattern shows no sign of abating in 2024 unless a radical shift occurs.
Politics of climate change offer lessons for fight against antimicrobial resistance
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Politics of climate change offer lessons for fight against antimicrobial resistance
The emerging pandemic of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and challenges to addressing it have parallels with climate change, said experts at a recent online panel on AMR Policy Leadership and Innovation, hosted by York University’s Global Strategy Lab (GSL), as part of World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week. Similar to climate change, AMR is frequently talked about […]
York University tackles urgent global health threat of antimicrobial resistance
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York University tackles urgent global health threat of antimicrobial resistance
New policy accelerator aims to bridge science and politics with $8.7 million backing from Wellcome Trust TORONTO, Nov. 22, 2022 – While recent health-care attention remains on the ‘triple threat’ of COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, we cannot overlook the emerging pandemic of antimicrobial resistance — an already critical problem with the potential to become so […]