‘It’s a horrible picture’: Gaza faces new threat from antibiotic-resistant disease
Fatal infections more likely due to malnutrition, injuries and lack of medical facilities under Israel’s blockadeGaza is facing a new threat as diseases resistant to antibiotics spread across the devastated territory, research has revealed.Medical supplies are desperately scarce and tens of...
<p>Fatal infections more likely due to malnutrition, injuries and lack of medical facilities under Israel’s blockade</p><p>Gaza is facing a new threat as diseases resistant to antibiotics spread across the devastated territory, research has revealed.</p><p>Medical supplies are desperately scarce and tens of thousands of people have been injured in the 22-month war, while many others have been weakened by malnutrition, so the high levels of drug-resistant bacteria will mean longer and more serious illnesses, a more rapid transmission of infectious diseases and more deaths, experts said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/12/gaza-antibiotic-resistant-disease">Continue reading...</a>
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