Economic Equality
Across the globe there are huge disparities in access to basic services such as healthcare, education, and economic resources, with the UN estimating over 98 million people live on less than $1.90 a day. It is vital for microbial research to identify those areas which actively maintain cycles of poverty and disparity. In recognising the interconnected nature of human financial systems and environmental health, microbial research can be a leader in working toward Economic Equality.
Careers
Bringing water and sanitation to the world
Find out what it takes to be the Global Director, Insights for a global nonprofit organisation helping to ensire access to safe drinking water worldwide.
Read story
NewsHealthy men who have vaginal sex have a distinct urethral microbiome
A new study shows that the urethra of healthy men is teeming with microbial life and that a specific activity - vaginal sex - can shape its composition
- News
Extensively drug-resistant Shigella sonnei strain emerges in France
Scientists monitoring Shigella in France have detected the emergence of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Shigella sonnei. Bacterial genome sequencing and case characteristics suggest that these strains, which originated in South Asia, mainly spread among men who have sex with men.
- News
Emerging fungal infection sees dramatic increase in cases and transmission in 2 years
A study of US national surveillance data has found that cases of Candida auris, a highly contagious fungal infection, rose drastically between 2019 and 2021, reflecting increased transmission.
More Economic Equality
News
Scientists uncover what makes malaria such a wily foe
Researchers have created the first high-resolution map of the human immune response to Plasmodium falciparum, offering insight into what makes this parasite such a persistent pathogen.
Giving confidence to return to work
The founders of Women Returners and STEM Returners on why their new partnership is vital to helping people back into STEM after a career break.
WHO warns of dearth of new antibiotics, especially those targeting drug-resistant pathogens
A review from WHO on the number of new antibiotics currently in the pipeline shows that just 12 new antibiotics have entered the market in the five years from 2017-21.
Inexpensive way to produce anti-Covid nanobodies cuts down on the llamas
Researchers have come up with a less expensive way to isolate and identify nanobodies that target various parts of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and are currently derived from llamas.
AMI young scientist turns spotlight on government science policy
Applied Microbiology International member Shamik Roy was among a group of young scientists and engineers who quizzed government representatives at the Voice of the Future event this week.
Scientists find ancient virus genome link to autism
An international research collaboration has made new discoveries regarding autism onset in mouse models.
Study outlines world’s third successful cure of HIV infection after stem cell transplantation
The ‘Düsseldorf patient’, a 53-year-old man, is now the third person in the world to be completely cured of HIV with a stem cell transplant.
Clinicians ID severe form of mpox with high mortality in people with advanced HIV
An international collaboration of clinicians has identified a severe, necrotising form of mpox with a high mortality in immunosuppressed people living with HIV.
HIV vaccine candidate aims to block virus before it takes root
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $3.8 million to Texas Biomedical Research Institute to further develop a promising HIV vaccine candidate that stops the virus upon entry, before it begins rapidly spreading throughout the body.
Climate change portends wider malaria risk as mosquitoes expand range in Africa
Scientists have found that the mosquitoes responsible for transmitting malaria in Africa are spreading deeper into southern Africa and to higher elevations than previously recorded.
Cellular evidence reveals why men are at higher risk from COVID-19
Researchers from Osaka University provide cellular evidence for the observed differences between the response to COVID-19 infection in male and female patients.
Decades of conflict in Iraq fuel ‘catastrophic’ rise in antimicrobial resistance
Decades of wars and conflict in Iraq have led to a “catastrophic” rise in antimicrobial resistance in the country, with serious implications for the entire region and the world, international experts have warned.
Spotlight on how hepatitis E is able to infect cells
A recently developed cell culture model has finally made it possible for researchers to investigate how hepatitis E is able to infect cells.
Dose of antibiotic during labour can cut sepsis risk in developing countries
New findings suggest that a single dose of azithromycin given to women planning a vaginal delivery significantly reduces the risk of maternal death or sepsis.
Funding backs world-first test to detect ‘insidious’ malaria infections
Research to develop and deploy a world-first diagnostic test that could accelerate malaria eradication has been bolstered with over $1.3 million in new funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) in the US.
Increase in multidrug-resistant pathogens since Ukraine war
Researchers in Germany have recommended screening patients from Ukraine for multi-drug resistant pathogens prior to hospital admission following a series of outbreaks.
Researchers create tool to map Mexico’s dengue fever hotspots
Researchers have analyzed data from Mexico’s Ministry of Health to identify dengue fever hotspots, calculating environmental and socioeconomic risk factors and mapping areas where severe outbreaks occur.
New US report reveals diversity trends in STEM workforce and education
More women, as well as black, Hispanic, American Indian, and Alaska Native people collectively, worked in STEM jobs in the US over the past decade, diversifying that workforce, and are earning more degrees in science and engineering fields at all levels compared to previous years.
Hundreds of newly discovered microbes could be used as natural fertilizer for poor soil
The discovery of hundreds of previously unknown microbes in a Brazilian ecosystem could potentially form a basis for the development of biological substitutes for the chemical fertilizers used by farmers, especially those containing phosphorus.
