Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health threat, with significant regional disparities in resistance rates and surveillance participation. Gram-negative pathogens, such as Acinetobacter spp.

The World Health Organization said global antibiotic use could drop by 22% annually if vaccines against 23 specific pathogens were widely developed, The Washington Post reported Oct. 26. A recent WHO ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024, featuring 15 families of antibiotic-resistant bacteria grouped into critical, high and ...

Vaccines against just 23 pathogens could reduce the number of antibiotics needed by 22% globally per year, the World Health Organization recently announced. This month, the agency published a ...

A new report from the World Health Organization sounds the alarm on rising antibiotic resistance globally. The 2025 Global Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance Report shares prevalence estimates for 22 ...

Dangerous infections that no longer respond to antibiotics are spreading quickly around the world, increasing by as much as 15% a year, a new report from the World Health Organization states. The ...

In early 2023, an exceptionally powerful tropical cyclone formed over the Indian Ocean, sweeping over Madagascar and Mozambique before finally dissipating—after more than five weeks—over Malawi.

The disinfectants we trust to protect us from microbes may also inadvertently help those microbes evolve to become more ...