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Antibiotic resistance still poses substantial risk despite fall in antibiotic use, report finds

Antibiotic resistance still poses substantial risk despite fall in antibiotic use, report finds

May 9th 2019 Campaigns pushing for Australians to stop taking antibiotics unnecessarily are beginning to cut through, as new data reveals the nation’s antibiotic use has fallen for the first time in two decades. The same research found antibiotics are still being over prescribed and misused, causing several dangerous bacteria to grow increasingly resistant to ... Read More
 

New HIV drugs set to be cheaper

3rd December 2018 A new single-dose, two-drug regimen to treat HIV, dolutegravir and rilpivirine, is to be listed on the PBS. The 1 December listing will substantially reduce the cost of the drugs for patients, which currently retail at $10,800 a year. The step comes as the Federal Government launches Australia’s eighth national HIV strategy, which aims to virtually ... Read More