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International Day of Epidemic Preparedness 2024: Amplifying Global Resilience

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The WHO contained a Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania in early 2024 with nine cases and six deaths. Meanwhile, researchers advanced alternative therapies to combat antimicrobial resistance, targeting drug-resistant bacteria with novel antibiotics. Global travel further accelerates disease spread, complicating containment efforts.

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What Do We Really Know About Macrophage Programming?

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Macrophages are white blood cells that specialize in the detection, phagocytosis and destruction of bacteria and other harmful organisms. In other words, when fighting bacteria, the macrophages are programmed to be pro-inflammatory. However, when they are programmed to be anti-inflammatory, they can help decrease inflammation.

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Likmez: First FDA-Approved Liquid Option of the Antibiotic Metronidazole

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Indicated for the treatment of trichomoniasis in adults, amebiasis in both adults and pediatric patients and anaerobic bacterial infections in adults, Likmez is available as an oral suspension, with each 5 mL containing 500 mg of metronidazole.

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The Blanc Mask for COVID-19 and Beyond: A New Generation of PPE

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Egorov told Xtalks that, “many studies being carried out right now show that one of the major ways that people get infected with COVID or any other virus or bacteria is not by sharing the bacteria [directly] by sneezing or coughing, but by [touching surfaces], holding hands and then rubbing the nose and eyes.

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Nestlé to Market Oral Microbiome Drug for C. Difficile + WHO Recommends IL-6 Blockers as Life-Saving COVID-19 Treatment

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CDIs typically develop after the use of antibiotics, which can wipe out the gut’s healthy bacteria. Seres’ microbiome drug SER-109 aims to restore the healthy bacteria via an oral capsule that contains a protective species of gut bacteria. Difficile infection (CDI).

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World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week: Preventing AMR Together

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There are several strains of bacteria that have developed resistance to different types of antibiotics — these include MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ) Clostridium difficile ( C. diff ) and the bacteria that cause multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. According to the WHO, the silent pandemic leads to at least 1.3

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FDA Approves Rebyota as First Fecal Microbiome Therapy for Recurrent C. Difficile Infection

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difficile as certain antibiotics can disrupt the balance of bacteria in the gut, allowing bacteria like C. Additionally, Rebyota could contain food allergens, which poses an unknown risk for food allergen-related adverse reactions. The use of certain antibiotics can contribute to infection caused by C.