Report calls on Australia to reduce antibiotic use amid rise in drug-resistant infections

STORY: Report calls on Australia to reduce antibiotic use amid rise in drug-resistant infections SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 17, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of pharmacies in Canberra STORYLINE: Australia is losing the war against drug-resistant infections, a government report has warned. The report, published on Thursday by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, found that bacteria that cause golden staph infections, gastroenteritis and gonorrhea are growing increasingly resistant to the antibiotic drugs that treat them - a phenomenon known as antimicrobial resistance (AMR). According to the report, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a 19 percent drop in antibiotic use in Australia between 2019 and 2022, but the country still has one of the highest consumption rates in the developed world. In 2022, one-third of Australians were given a prescription for at least one round of antibiotics, the report said The

4 patients at Kyoto hospital died after norovirus outbreak

4 patients at Kyoto hospital died after norovirus outbreak

KYOTO, Japan - Shiro Nagasawa, head of the Soseikai General Hospital, speaks to reporters at the hospital in Kyoto on Jan. 22, 2014, about an outbreak of infectious gastroenteritis caused by norovirus. A total of 101 patients and hospital staff have suffered from gastroenteritis since December, of whom four died during that month.

Norovirus kills 6 patients at Miyazaki hospital

Norovirus kills 6 patients at Miyazaki hospital

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Shigekazu Miyaji (C), head of the Shunkokai medical association, bows with others at a press conference at the Miyazaki prefectural hall in the city of Miyazaki on Dec. 23, 2012. Six patients have died of gastroenteritis after a norovirus outbreak at Shunkokaihigashi Hospital in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture, hospital officials said the same day.

Norovirus kills 6 patients at Miyazaki hospital

Norovirus kills 6 patients at Miyazaki hospital

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2012, shows Shunkokaihigashi Hospital in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture. Six patients have died of gastroenteritis after a norovirus outbreak at the hospital, hospital officials said the same day.