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Drug-resistant E. coli may be in the meat you just bought for dinner. Here’s how to keep your...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoMultidrug-resistant E. coli were found in 40% of store-bought meat samples tested in one Spanish...
_E. coli_ is one of the most widely studied organisms – and that may be a problem for both science...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 11 months ago_E. coli_ as a model organism helped researchers better understand how DNA works. Ed Horowitz...
New study findings your family needs to know
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoE. coli infections that are immune to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin, a common treatment, are on the rise despite a six-year decrease in prescribing the...
Viruses could be an unlikely ally in battling antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBacteriophages (like this computer-simulated one) can clear out infections in a way that antibiotics...
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...
A New Oral Antibiotic Is Available to Treat UTIs
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoIllustration by Zoe Hansen for Verywell Health Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Key Takeaways The FDA approved a new oral antibiotic called Pivya to treat...
Could Meat Be Causing Your UTIs?
Real Simple via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA new study suggests that E. coli bacteria in meat could be contributing to urinary tract infections. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images Urinary tract infections...
Discovery of antibiotic-resistant superbugs in L.A. wastewater sparks worry
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant in Playa del Rey is the largest and oldest wastewater treatment...
Dogs and cats ‘passing on antibiotic-resistant superbugs to owners’
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoDogs and cats are passing antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” to their owners, a new study suggests. A...
Dangerous 'superbugs' are a growing threat, and antibiotics can't stop their rise. What can?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTraditional antibiotics drive bacteria toward drug resistance, so scientists are looking to viruses,...