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Researchers described tactics and tools for use in conflict and humanitarian zones and showed threats from cominated blood bank supplies.

The partnership will fund innovative solutions to reduce antimicrobial use.

The isolate shows high-level resistance to azithromycin and resistance to ceftriaxone.

A separate paper details ceftriaxone-resistant gonorrhea cases in Australia.

The paper reflects current, evolving data, an expert says.

At least 20% of all primary care antibiotics could be classified as inappropriate.

Scientists have identified the genetic basis for an XDR typhoid outbreak in Pakistan.

H9N2 avian flu typically circulates in birds as a low-pathogenic strain.

The ECDC reports 14,451 cases in 2017, up from 4,643 in 2016. Also, vaccination in Ghana is tied to higher childhood survival rates.

A UK outbreak involves swans from a flock owned by Queen Elizabeth at Windsor.