Antimicrobial resistance a ‘key priority’, says health minister
Against the backdrop of World Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Week, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Tuesday travelled to Oman to participate in the third global ministerial...
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Cypriots more clued in than EU counterparts on antibiotic use
The health ministry on Friday called on the public to start using antibiotics with more prudence in order to avoid developing a resistance to their...
‘Stop defaming our halloumi’ Cyprus tells Sweden
Cyprus defends its famous cheese against Swedish smear, alludes to ‘trade war’ By Evie Andreou and Lizzy Ioannidou Angry cheese producers, farmers and officials on...
Swedes warned off eating Cyprus halloumi
Eating Cyprus halloumi could be worse than eating meat because of the high levels of antibiotics Cypriot farmers give their animals, a Swedish food expert...
Why are health experts so concerned about drug resistance?
Rising levels of drug resistance is a serious threat not only to public health but also for food safety, food security and development of low...
Fears mount over killer superbugs, but simple steps on farms can help
Imagine a world where a small cut on your finger or a routine hip replacement surgery could prove fatal. This is the future humanity is...
Antibiotic Apocalypse
I HAVE never advocated that people who routinely feed low doses of antibiotics to livestock should be executed without trial. That would be too harsh,...
Yum’s KFC pressed to tighten antibiotic rules
By Lisa Baertlein Consumer groups on Wednesday will deliver a petition from more than 350,000 people to the KFC fried chicken chain, calling on the...
Superbug review urges Big Pharma to ‘pay or play’ on antibiotics
Drug companies should agree to “pay or play” in the urgent race to develop new antibiotics to tackle a global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR),...
Antibiotic use in Cyprus’ animal farming is eight times recommend limit (Updated)
Antibiotic use in Cyprus’ animal farming eight times recommend limit Cypriot farmers use more than 400mg of antibiotics per kilo of livestock – eight times...
