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How to petition 10 Downing Street
Having been to 10 Downing Street twice in the last 10 days to deliver petitions with clients, I thought I would share my experiences in case you were considering this. While it is great that the government is encouraging e-petitions, and it's easy to get a viral buzz...
Antibiotic Action petition at 10 Downing Street
Antibiotic Action's message was delivered straight to the heart of government yesterday by two of its lead campaigners, Prof Laura Piddock and Tracey Guise, as well as nurse Vickie Longstaff and ITV's best known doc, Dr Hilary Jones. They delivered a petition signed...
Antibiotic Action on TV
I do hope you will be glued to both BBC Breakfast and ITV Daybreak tomorrow morning when they both feature the launch of Antibiotic Action, a global initiative to highlight grave concerns about the shortage of modern antibiotics. The BBC will include some case...
Steve Jobs and pancreatic cancer research
All the money in the world couldn't sadly save Apple's supreme Steve Jobs who died from pancreatic cancer. But hopefully our latest technological advances and medical research will enable others to be saved from an early death. Recalling Jobs' gaunt and hollow...
How often will you take antibiotics in your lifetime?
Dr Mark Porter who today highlights important issues regarding antibiotics in his article today in The Times. Do you know how many times you will take antibiotics in your lifetime? If you read Dr Porter's article you will find out. And he urges caution against over...
Race against time to find new drugs to beat superbugs
This article appeared in today's Times, as well as our letter from Antibiotic Action and fellow supporters.. Because of the Times' pay wall which restricts readers, I have published the report here. Please do visit Times online if you are signed up to read the...
The Times and our Antibiotic Action letter today
The Times has today published our letter urging the government to support the urgent development of desperately needed new antibiotics: November 5 2011 12:01AM The dearth of new antibiotics threatens the management of superbugs and the success of many routine...
We face “catastrophe” without new antibiotics
Prof Laura Piddock warns that we face"catastrophe" without new antibiotics. She is professor of microbiology at the University of Birmingham and leads a research team investigating clinically important antibiotic resistance. She is also President of the British...
3,000 clinicians and scientists warn government it faces ticking time bomb over lack of new antibiotics
Almost 3,000 clinicians and scientists have already signed Antibiotic Action's petition highlighting its grave concerns over the lack of effective, modern antibiotics - and there is another week to go before it will be delivered to 10 Downing Street next Wednesday...