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The Indian government has rejected an international study about a new superbug gene that includes 'New Delhi' in its name.

Sleeping sickness parasites can rapidly develop resistance to a drug used in a promising new treatment, say scientists.

A web-based system could enable the diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis in seconds, using the Internet and mobile phones.

Exposure to antibiotics at home, and to those intended for animals, increases children’s risks of harbouring drug-resistant E. coli, says a study in Peru.

Indian scientists say that new anti-TB drugs can be based on the fact that the TB bacterium depends on crucial human proteins for its survival.

Antibiotic use increased 9.8% between 1997 and 2007 in the eight countries with the largest pharmaceutical markets in the region, says a study.

Drug therapies for tuberculosis could emerge four times faster than normal, thanks to a new approach that pools research.

A 'test and treat' HIV strategy being explored by the WHO could increase the spread of drug-resistant strains, a model predicts.

A new strain of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella is responsible for a series of deaths in Africa, genetic sequencing shows.

Cases of infection with the Colombian variant of a US bacterium, USA300, have increased by eight per cent in six years.

A round-up of the latest articles about vaccination, new life for expiring Tamiflu stocks, turkeys in Chile catching swine flu, and more.

A study looking at malaria parasites' response to artemisinin-based antimalarial drugs confirms growing resistance in western Cambodia.

A mixture of two drugs has wiped out extensively drug-resistant TB in the laboratory and clinical trials are planned.

The WHO has confirmed resistance to the malaria drug artemisinin at the Thai-Cambodia border, prompting urgent action.

The first sign that the key malaria parasite has some resistance to the wonder drug artemisinin have emerged on the Thai-Cambodian border.

Clones of extremely aggressive bacteria have been found in patients living in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.

Overuse of a drug used in treating malaria may play a role in growing resistance to a related antibiotic, according to a new study in Guyana.

Following successful clinical trials of a new tool to diagnose drug-resistant TB, the WHO has endorsed its use in all affected countries.

A study has found that around one third of antimalarial drugs available in six African cities are below WHO standards.

An antibiotic used to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis may increase resistance to pneumoccocal disease, according to a study.