A new study shows that sewage overflows in homes can expose people to bacteria that can make them sick, including antibiotic-resistant and multidrug resistant bacteria which can make infections ...

India's urban drainage systems may be silently fuelling one of the world's biggest health threats, antimicrobial resistance (AMR). A new scientific investigation has revealed that sewage flowing ...

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It was only a matter of time before scientists would find a “superbug” in the sewage-filled waters of Rio de Janeiro. Not one, but two independent studies have revealed drug-resistant bacteria, ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as one of the most pressing global health challenges of the 21 st century, with conservative estimates projecting 10 million annual deaths by 2050 if current ...

Antibiotics that escape into the environment are widely recognized as a growing threat to ecosystems, wastewater treatment performance, and the spread of antimicrobial resistance. A new study shows ...

Wastewater treatment plants can act as a reservoir of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, antibiotic-resistance genes, and antibiotic residues. The study aims to investigate the status of the microorganism ...

A team of researchers has discovered that latent antimicrobial resistance is more widespread across the world than known resistance. They call for broader surveillance of resistance in wastewater, as ...