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Danilo Lo Fo Wong, Programme Manager on Antimicrobial Resistance at the World Health Organization (WHO) tells Editor Laura Evans that antibiotic resistance is a global problem and needs to be stopped now Each year it is estimated that around 25,000 people die of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections acquired in hospitals, throughout...

A new blood test that can determine whether an infection is caused by a bacteria or a virus within two hours could stop patients receiving unnecessary antibiotics... Research published in PLOS One has revealed that a new blood test can help doctors establish whether an infection requires antibiotic treatment. Antibiotics are...

Due to the success of the Health & Social Care section within the AG publication, Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd will be producing a health analysis supplement to co-inside with the publication. Within the supplement due to be distributed at the end of March, we will include a number of feature...

The pig farming industry in Denmark is longstanding with 90% of pork produced exported worldwide. The Danish Agriculture & Food Council provides insight to how Danish pig farming has evolved over the years. Since 1887, farmer ownership of the processing industry has been the bedrock in success of Danish pig...

EDUCATION/DEGREES Ph. D. 1999, University of Florida – Plant Pathology M. S. 1989, Texas A&M University – Plant Pathology B. S. 1985, Tarleton State University – Plant/Soil Science B. A. 1983, Trinity University – History EMPLOYMENT: PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS American Phytopathological Society (APS) North Central Division of American Phytopathological Society Mycological...

The first UK bus powered by human and food waste has gone into service between the cities of Bristol and Bath. The UK's first bus to run on biomethane gas has been launched. The 40-seat “Bio-Bus” can travel up to 300km (186 miles) on one tank of gas. This takes...

The power of flexible teamwork is the key to successful research in chemical biology and drug discovery in the work of Professor Colin Suckling at the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Over the past 10 years, research has challenged major problems of...