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Bacteria becoming more resistant to antibiotics

The Independent on Sunday was recently given figures by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) that warns that our medical defences against bacteria are becoming weaker as bacteria become more resistant to antibiotics. The statistics reveal that in the past five years there has been a huge growth in the number of drug resistant bacteria.

Carbapenum is [...]

Health Protection Agency has major concerns about malaria

Statistics provided by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) show that malaria has increased by 29% over the last 24 months. In the last 10 years the majority of cases have shown up in visitors to South Asia and West Africa.

With more than 1760 new infections last year, the HPA is urging visitors to take precautions [...]