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The UK Five Year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy report calls for an integrated response from the academic, pharmaceutical and political sectors to combat antibiotic resistance.
As World AIDS Day approaches, and the 30th anniversary year of the isolation of HIV-1 draws to a close, it is timely to reflect on the past, present and future of HIV/AIDS research.
This Focus issue on plant–microbe interactions showcases advances in our understanding of the intricate relationships between plants and their microbial friends and foes.
In celebration of our tenth anniversary, we revisit selected topics from the first few issues of the journal and assess the progress that has been made over the past decade.
The rise of the 'citizen science' movement in microbiology provides an opportunity for public engagement and the chance to gather essential data on a large scale.
The preponderance of global public health campaigns reflects the ongoing importance of the need to raise awareness of infectious diseases, and their devastating effects.
The publication of the second volume of England's annual health report has increased pressure to prioritize strategies to tackle the antibiotic resistance crisis.
Crowdsourcing efforts, such as those involved in theEscherichia coliO104 outbreak and, most recently, ash dieback disease, reflect a new era of community engagement in genomic analyses.
The escalation of violence against public health workers associated with the polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan bodes ill for the global eradication effort and must cease.