Mastodawn

#Biofilm matrices containing filamentous phages help #Pseudomonas aeruginosa tolerate antibiotics. @tbharat_lab &co show that #nanobody disruption of #phage Pf4 #LiquidCrystalline droplets restores #antibiotic susceptibility @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4xkd6Mw

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬May 27

How #climatechange may increase #antibioticresistance
#Climate boosted #antibiotic resistance among bacteria found in artificially warmed grassland soils, researchers report April 22 in Nature. And as drought strips the soil of moisture, #antibiotics in the environment become concentrated in the little water that remains, encouraging the growth of resistant #microbes, another team reports in the April Nature Microbiology.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-increase-antibiotic-resistance
https://archive.ph/AyC97

How climate change may increase antibiotic resistance

Rising heat and drought may spur bacteria to exchange antibiotic resistance genes, with potential risks to human health.

Science News

Alexandra Beekers 🏳️‍🌈🌍May 27

The #ClimateCrisis is accelerating a global increase in #antibiotic resistance that poses a serious threat to human health.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/26/climate-crisis-accelerating-antibiotic-resistance-across-world-salmonella-study

Climate crisis is accelerating antibiotic resistance across world, study says

Experts say climate change linked to 10% rise in salmonella antibiotic resistance genes between 1940 and 2023

The Guardian

neat_news May 21

In laboratory tests cranberry juice strengthened some antibiotics against urinary tract infections and reduced the bacterial resistance. Whether the same effect also shows when cranberry juice is drunk, is still to be found out. See http://www.neat-news.com/3597.php. #cranberry_juice #urinary_tract_infection #antibiotic

Neat News

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joe•iuculano

May 6

«Vitamin K shots, which help blood clot, r 1 of 3 key interventions 4 #newborns, along w/ an #antibiotic eye ointment & the #HepatitisB #vaccine
The gov doesn’t track vitamin K rejections, but hospitals have seen a rise in parents opting out of the shots for their newborns, often driven by unfounded fears.
Hundreds of children die each year from #SpontaneousBleeding in the brain, a common result of #VitaminK deficiency, suggesting that many related deaths go unreported»

https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

ProPublica

Nick Apr 30

After presenting #antibiotic research in Pittsburgh, I took another train to #Philadelphia to present it at #UPenn for the #Nudges in #Health Care Symposium. Great #city for #biking and #jogging! Kudos to #Amtrak for allowing me to bring my #bike aboard so I can #cycle to-and-from stations, venue, etc. — that's become my favorite ways to #travel.

TinJar Apr 29

www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🙏🏾 @[email protected] " #climate #warming substantially accelerates #soil #antibiotic #resistance at #genomic, #ecological and #evolutionary levels, with broad implications for #public #health and #environmental #sustainability in a warming #world " 😭

Decade-long warming accelerate...

Decade-long warming accelerates antibiotic resistance in grassland soils - Nature

Decade-long warming increased soil antibiotic-resistance genes by about 24%, enriching resistant microbes and gene transfer, driven by selection for thermal tolerance and linked traits, with implications for public health.

Nature