https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel in Geneva on Monday urged all countries to help combat the misuse of antibiotics, which is fuelling drug resistance and allowing long-treatable diseases to become killers. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150518/merkel-warns-who-conference-of-antibiotics-dangers Mon, 18 May 2015 16:27:20 +0200 merkel-warns-who-conference-of-antibiotics-dangers The rise of superbugs, stoked by misuse of antibiotics and poor hospital hygiene, is enabling long-treatable diseases to once again become killers, the World Health Organization warned on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140501/who-antibiotics-misuse-sparks-superbug-rise Thu, 01 May 2014 13:56:55 +0200 who-antibiotics-misuse-sparks-superbug-rise