"Change can’t wait. Our time with antibiotics is running out”. This #WAAW18 BSAC will commit to a range of activities across continents & sectors to #StopSuperbugs. Details here: bsac.org.uk/world-antibiot…

Our article on The Mould that Changed the World Musical 🎵 has appeared in special #WAAW18 supplement for The Guardian: 'Top doctors back school musical to inspire children to face "superbugs" threat - Global Cause #StopSuperbugs globalcause.co.uk/antibiotic-res…

To mark #WAAW18, the wonderful Gavin Barlow of BSAC will be discussing 'Innovative Educational Solutions' to the problem of #AMR across human, animal & environmental health at the The Royal Society of Medicine on Friday. Why not join him? #StopSuperbugs #OneHealth rsm.ac.uk/events/cmm01

'Babies hit hardest by India's antibiotic resistance crisis' #WAAW18 #StopSuperbugs thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2018-1…

Pleased to attend yesterday's APPG on Antibiotics, which marks World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2018. #scicomm #biotech #NewDrugsForSuperbugs

We're at St James's University Hospital today encouraging people to pledge to take antibiotics seriously! Catch us at the Gledhow Wing until 3pm. #AntibioticAwarenessWeek #AntibioticResistance #SeriouslyResistant Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS NE&Yorks AMR - Philip HOWARD OBE Stop Superbugs @elizbeech

Antibiotic DB - Revitalizing the drug pipeline: AntibioticDB, an open access database to aid antibacterial research and development - new video telling you what it is and how to use it! Please try it out youtu.be/5sPy715eOaI via YouTube #WAAW2018 @unibirm_MDS Stop Superbugs

Look forward to seeing some of you at the #EconAMR 'Antimicrobial Resistance: Preventing an Antibiotic Apocalypse' event, in London, tomorrow. BSAC's President NHS NE&Yorks AMR - Philip HOWARD OBE & Council Member @olivervanhecke are to sit on 2 of the panels events.economist.com/events-confere…

Just now press brief on #AMR on urgency to act to support novel antibiotic R&D, future production & supply. need to revamp the risk-reward incentive. Too many #pharma and smes leaving the field! @Wellcome_AMR Access to Medicine Foundation BBC News (World) CNN Africa The Telegraph The Guardian CARB-X @fthealth

READ: Our Chair, Julian Sturdy MP, has written to the PM urging him to appoint a Minister to #StopSuperbugs & lead on pandemic prevention & preparedness. The letter's been co-signed by 35 Parliamentarians, including several former Ministers appg-on-antibiotics.com/a-letter-to-th…

We now haveWe now have more than 350 carefully curated #COVID19 resources in our searchable hub, including articles, clinical guidance and official advice. Some really great stuff - please do share the link with your colleagues bsac.org.uk/covid-19-resou…

📍~57% of hospitalized patients with #COVID19 were prescribed early empiric antibacterial therapy 📍only 3.5% of COVID-19 patients had a confirmed community-onset bacterial co-infection. 📍CRO is the most commonly prescribed empiric Ab 📍~26% MRSA ABx 📍~26% PSA Abx #IDTwitter

Thankfully, antibiotic consumption during #COVID19 appears to be around 30% less in hospitals and 7% lower in the community in England. NHS NE&Yorks AMR - Philip HOWARD OBE UKCPA Infection Committee BSAC

"There is insufficient evidence to support the claim that masks reduce the infectious dose of SARS-CoV-2 and the severity of Covid-19, much less that their use can induce protective immunity" #COVID19 #IDTwitter NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…