New Delhi, May 27 -- A new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal on Tuesday linked climate change to rising antibiotic resistance in Salmonella - a common cause of food poisoning worldwide. The first-of-its-kind study, titled "Association of climate change with the spread of antimicrobial resistance genes in Salmonella: a longitudinal ecological and modelling study" said that climate change was "associated with a 10% global increase in Salmonella antibiotic resistance genes between 1940 and 2023." Salmonella bacteria infect the stomach, causing symptoms such as diarrhoea, fever and pain. The study said that while antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is mainly driven by the overuse and misuse of antibiotics, which allows resistant...