The elderly living in long term care facilities are the most vulnerable for COVID-19. They have high probability of SARS-CoV-2 infection and...

15 December 2020
News, COVID-19

Even though people have been hesitant to seek medical advice or take part in screening programs because of COVID-19, they still get ill. Pat...

9 December 2020
News, COVID-19

The global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic changed primary care tremendously when persons with COVID-19 like symptoms were discouraged from visiting the...

1 December 2020
AMR, COVID-19

Use of oral antibiotics is linked to an increased colon cancer risk, but reduced risk of cancer in rectum shows a large matched case-control...

26 November 2020
News, AMR

While COVID-19 pandemic is working 24/7, AMR is not resting either. On the contrary, COVID-19 pandemic may even accelerate development of an...

24 November 2020
News, AMR, COVID-19

What is antimicrobial resistance? Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an ability of a micro-organism to resist antimicrobial treatment.1,2 Wh...

18 November 2020
News, AMR

The number of people living with diabetes is increasing worldwide. In 2019 approximately 463 million adults were living with diabetes and th...

13 November 2020

Annual World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18.-24.11.2020) is a week under the theme “United to preserve antimicrobials”. This week is dedic...

11 November 2020
News, AMR