'Global response' needed as typhoid evades antibiotics - Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Drug-resistant typhoid has spread worldwide from South Asia – study. ‘Very few antibiotics left are effective against typhoid’ – lead researcher. Researchers say global response is needed.

The bacteria that causes typhoid fever is becoming increasingly resistant to common antibiotics used to treat the disease, with resistant strains spreading to hundreds of countries in the past three … [+5198 chars]

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