Germany expands interdisciplinary surveillance to curb rising antibiotic resistance
OHIS stands for One Health Integrated Surveillance, i.e. the monitoring of antibiotic resistance in the sense of a…
Poliovirus detected in Germany’s sewage: Here’s why officials are concerned despite ‘low’ risks
Published on 15/11/2025 – 8:00 GMT+1 Health authorities in Germany have detected traces of the poliovirus in Hamburg’s…
Genome sequencing for prevention of health-care-associated bacterial infections
WHO Team Infection Prevention and Control (IPC). Global report on infection prevention and control. WHO https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240051164 (2022). Warren,…
Bad Air Is One of the Biggest Threats to Your Health. Here’s How to Protect Yourself
There’s something invisible that can put us in an early grave. And I’m not talking about sentient AI,…
France opens criminal probe into TikTok over kids’ mental health effects – POLITICO
A criminal investigation was opened by the Paris police’s cybercrime unit at the end of October, Delaporte wrote…
What’s driving England’s rise in chronic illness? Ageing, not lifestyle, researchers find
Even if smoking, diet, and blood pressure improve across the population, England faces millions more people living with…
Drug-resistant bloodstream infections expected to rise across Europe by 2030
The rates of bloodstream infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria will increase substantially across Europe in the next five…
Drug-resistant bloodstream infections expected to rise across Europe by 2030
The rates of bloodstream infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria will increase substantially across Europe in the next five…
COVID-19 is spreading again — how serious is it and what are the symptoms?
Credit: Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month — global cases increased…
Single antivenom protects against 17 different snakebites
The black mamba is one Africa’s most deadly venomous snakes.Credit: Matthijs Kuijpers/Alamy An antivenom using antibodies from a…