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India could suffer from an increased risk of these four health concerns due to climate change
To say the warming planet will have severe implications on human health is a terrifying understatem…
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Co-infection with 'superbug' spikes Covid virus replication by 15-fold
Researchers have identified a protein found in superbugs that enhances SARS-CoV-2 replication by 10…
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Drug-resistant infections in the US have risen sharply during the pandemic, and experts warn it's getting worse as COVID patients overwhelm hospital resources
Superbugs were a topic of concern in the medical world long before COVID-19 was in our vocabulary. …
Andrea Michelson
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Untreatable 'superbug' fungus that resists all drugs detected in Texas and DC
The C. auris strain is spreading within hospitals and nursing homes in two separate outbreaks acros…
Andrea Michelson
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Deadly fungi are becoming drug-resistant, and it's the next big public health threat, experts say
Before COVID-19 was even a part of our vocabulary, the CDC had long been monitoring a different, in…
Andrea Michelson
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Antibiotic overuse in children's hospitals is leading to more 'superbug' infections in kids
Some doctors say the coronavirus pandemic could be making antibiotic overuse in children even worse.
Kelly Burch
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Scientists find novel compound as COVID-19 triggers superbug threat
"The Covid-19 situation is definitely putting us at risk for increasing resistance to antibiot…
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Doctors have warned an emerging STI could become an antibiotic-resistant superbug
"This is not curing the infection and is causing antimicrobial resistance in MG patients," Paddy Ho…
Lindsay Dodgson
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SpaceX is about to launch a deadly superbug into space
The idea is not to weaponize space with MRSA - a bacterium that kills more Americans every year tha…
Bec Crew
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A drug-resistant malaria superbug is on the rise - here's why that's so concerning
"Almost always, drug resistance has emerged in Southeast Asia and jumped to Africa," Janice Culpepp…
Kevin Loria
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The CDC has a new plan to stop superbugs
The report recommends that public health departments and healthcare facilities quash this problem b…
Julia Calderone
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Drug companies are teaching old drugs new tricks, and it could upend how we find new treatments for superbugs and a devastating lung disease
Infections that are difficult or impossible to treat with antibiotics, often called superbugs, are …
Lydia Ramsey
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Our superbug problem is about to get much worse
The researchers acknowledged some assumptions in their model that could have affected the maps that…
Ellie Kincaid
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Hundreds possibly exposed to 'superbug' at UCLA Medical Center
The patients were exposed to the CRE bacteria at the Los Angeles hospital between October and Janua…
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A group of drug companies just laid out a plan to combat superbugs
When it comes to antibiotic resistance, an estimated 23,000 Americans died in 2013 from bacterial i…
Lydia Ramsey
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An exciting new approach could be a solution to our superbug problem
Preliminary experiments in mice suggested that this antibody successfully treated Staphylococcus au…
Julia Calderone
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Crazy Infographic Shows How Deadly Superbugs Will Be In The Post-Antibiotic Era
Doctors commonly treat bacterial infections with antibiotics. When one drug doesn't work, they try …
Erin Brodwin
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2 big obstacles stand in the way of stopping the 'apocalyptic scenario' that's coming with superbugs
"Sometimes I feel like nursing homes - and especially some of the LTAC (long term acute care facili…
Erin Brodwin
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'An exciting and unexpected discovery' shows that superbugs are even deadlier than we thought
To understand how mutations in many different genes affect the "fitness," or ability to survive in …
Julia Calderone
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Researchers Found A Drug-Resistant Superbug In The Water Where The 2016 Olympic Events Will Be Held
Athletes and health officials have raised concerns about pollution in the Guanabara Bay before. Unt…