Dhaka, July 15 -- A recent study has raised fresh alarm over typhoid fever, an ancient disease now rapidly evolving resistance to life-saving antibiotics, posing a renewed threat to global public health.

According to research published in 2022, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) - the bacterium that causes typhoid - is increasingly becoming resistant to a wide range of antibiotics. These highly resistant strains are now replacing those that can still be treated, making the disease significantly harder to control.

Antibiotics remain the only effective treatment for typhoid, but over the past 30 years, S. Typhi has steadily acquired resistance to commonly used oral medications. The study, which examined 3,489 S. Typhi samples co...