Cultured Connections


Biomed Diagnostics + Rybakova

04/02/2021

Read the first-hand account of how a Ukrainian company was able to increase their diagnosis efficiency so significantly, they decided to partner with us in order to bring better culture diagnostics to their entire region.
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Little stands between US and untreatable Gonorrhea

04/20/2020

“Antibiotics have successfully treated gonorrhea for several decades; however, the bacteria has developed resistance to nearly every drug used for treatment.”
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UK Government pledges £32 million in fight against AMR

06/28/2019

Along with a cash infusion for UK-led research, parliament will appoint global experts, including Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies as UK special envoy on AMR. By committing to accelerate the UK’s work against AMR, ten leading research centers across the county will explore new ways to inform prescribing and resistance pattern identification.
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WHO launches latest campaign against AMR

06/28/2019

The World Health Organization (WHO), recently launched the AWaRe online portal. Designed to raise the proportion of global antibiotics in the Access group to at least 60%, while reducing the use of those most at risk of resistance.
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Zoonotic Dermatophyte infections on the rise

04/05/2019

Dermatophytosis, an infection of the skin caused by pathogenic fungi is found worldwide, and is among the most prevalent zoonotic disease. All domestic animals are susceptible. The greatest economic and human health consequences are associated with domestic cats and cattle. India has experienced a significant rise in chronic dermatophyte infections — causing alarm and action.  
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The burden of gonorrhea in developing nations

04/03/2019

The global burden of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) to health and development is often overlooked as a public health priority. These infections, often silent and without symptoms, can result in serious or fatal health consequences.
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Celebrating Health as a human right – equal for all.

04/03/2019

The growing social and economic empowerment of women around the world has given focus to women’s health issues, specifically to reproductive health and sexually transmitted infections.
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New CDC analysis shows steep and sustained increases in STDs in recent years

02/26/2019

Nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were diagnosed in the United States in 2017, according to preliminary data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the National STD Prevention Conference in Washington, D.C. This surpassed the previous record set in 2016 by more than 200,000 cases and marked the fourth consecutive year of sharp increases in these sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
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