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Not 'if' but 'when': Antibiotic resistance poses existential threat for modern medicine
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIn some ways, Melanie Lawrence is living a future that awaits us all. She carries bacteria that's...
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...
Dangerous 'superbugs' are a growing threat, and antibiotics can't stop their rise. What can?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTraditional antibiotics drive bacteria toward drug resistance, so scientists are looking to viruses,...
Study aims to improve tests to predict antibiotic resistance
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoResearchers are hoping to better predict resistance to new antibiotics before it occurs in patients....
Bacteria with antibiotic resistant genes discovered in Antarctica, scientists say
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBacteria in Antarctica have been discovered with genes that give them natural antibiotic and...
Looming behind antibiotic resistance is another huge threat—antibiotic tolerance
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoHave you ever had a nasty infection that just won’t seem to go away? Or a runny nose that keeps...
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...
How bacteria are developing resistance even to 'last resort' antibiotics
Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoA new study is helping researchers understand how bacteria are building up resistance even to ‘last...
Could bacteria-killing viruses ever prevent sexually transmitted infections?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe CDC will soon recommend that some people take a "morning-after" antibiotic to lower their risk...
'Superbugs' can linger in the body for years, potentially spreading antibiotic resistance
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMicroscope image of Escherichia coli bacteria in pink against a dark background....