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Levofloxacin could be a cheap solution to drug-resistant tuberculosis, studies say
Euronews via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAn antibiotic, levofloxacin, has shown promising results in curbing the emergence of a particularly...
Millions could soon have access to lifesaving tuberculosis drug following online uproar
ABC News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIn a move welcomed by advocates, a treatment for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis could soon become...
Drugs that aren’t antibiotics can also kill bacteria − new method pinpoints how
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThere are many ways to kill microbes that cause dangerous infections. Combining genetic screening...
Tuberculosis is dangerous and contagious. Here’s how far government can go to contain it
Tacoma News Tribune via AOL· 1 year agoBefore antibiotics, tuberculosis in the United States provided a traumatic and often fatal future...
As superbug infections grow more common, the world is running out of drugs to treat them
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLate last year, one of Dr. Vance Fowler’s patients — a man in his 60s who’d returned to North...
American Farms Have a Drug Problem
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 5 days agoImagine if we were to lose the tremendous medical advances of the past century. If people began to routinely die from what we now consider minor...
Tuberculosis Could Be the Next Global Health Crisis. Is the World Ready?
Time via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe United Nations General Assembly's high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis TB is...
No way, EPA: Federal court rules broad-spectrum antibiotic doesn't belong on citrus
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIt's good for sick people and sick cattle, but not sick orange trees, a federal appeals court ruled,...
What is penicillin, and how was it discovered?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMultiple Penicillium molds on petri dish The antibiotic penicillin is made by various Penicillium molds, as seen growing in this petri dish. (Image...
What Is Tuberculosis?
Health via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTuberculosis (TB) is a curable, contagious bacterial disease that primarily affects the lungs. According to the World Health Organization, it is the...
