COVID pandemic led to surge in superbug infections, EU agency says
London, UKReuters Infections from some antibiotic-resistant pathogens known as superbugs have more than doubled in health care facilities in Europe, an EU agency said on Thursday, providing further evidence of the wider impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control report said reported cases of two highly drug-resistant pathogens increased […]
Soap and superbugs: two billion people lack water at health facilities, says UN
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation A quarter of the world’s health facilities lack basic water services, impacting two billion people, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning that unhygienic conditions could fuel the global rise of deadly superbugs. In the poorest countries, about half of facilities do not have basic water services – meaning water delivered by […]