Argentina: No more colistin in veterinary products Argentina: No more colistin in veterinary products Argentina has banned the ‘elaboration, distribution, import, use and possession of veterinary products containing the active ingredient colistin and its salts’. The country does so, following the call of the World Health Organization (WHO) to fight against microbial resistance, and the […]

The same flu virus that caused the 1918 pandemic is back this year The same flu virus that caused the 1918 pandemic is back this year Flu season has officially begun, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and this year the infamous strain known as H1N1 is dominant. That’s the same strain

‘Extraordinary breakthrough’: Scientists make ‘Holy Grail’ universal flu vaccine discovery ‘Extraordinary breakthrough’: Scientists make ‘Holy Grail’ universal flu vaccine discovery Australian scientists have discovered immune cells that can fight all known flu viruses and mutations in what has already been branded an “extraordinary breakthrough” which could lead to the creation of a universal vaccine. Scientists

EU approves limits on antibiotics use in farm animals The European Parliament approved limits on the use of antibiotics in farm animals produced for food. The limits are aimed at keeping drug-resistant bacteria out of food. The legislation was adopted with 583 votes to 16 and 20 abstentions. The European Council must formally adopt the