https://www.scmp.com/rss/321687/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Every five minutes, a child in Southeast Asia dies from an infection caused by drug-resistant bacteria – a situation that is likely to get worse. READ MORE: Alarming new ‘superbug’ gene resistant to last-resort antibiotics found in animals and people in China Antimicrobial resistance, which happens when microorganisms become less susceptible to antibiotics, is making diseases more difficult to contain and harder to cure. Diseases we no longer fear, such as pneumonia and tuberculosis, are... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1882020/regulate-use-medicines-curb-drug-resistance-thats-turning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1882020/regulate-use-medicines-curb-drug-resistance-thats-turning?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Nov 2015 07:27:08 +0000