A deadly superbug outbreak in LA is terrifying locals. Why do people get so sick in hospitals? Get 15% off http://www.domain.com’s s domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code DNEWS at checkout! [More]
The rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria, or superbugs, has got many of the world’s leading public health organisations very worried. And while antibiotic resistance can be partially traced back to the medical system, there’s another [More]
The fight against superbugs is one not taken lightly, as more and more people become resistant to antibiotic treatments. This man injured his foot, falling from a roof. The fall did not kill him, only [More]
Moderator Maryn McKenna, Journalist and Author; Specialist in Public Health, Global Health and Food Policy Speakers Beth Bell, Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC Barry Eisenstein, Distinguished Physician, Antimicrobials, Merck & [More]
The world now is facing a very serious problem of an epidemic that can happen at any time by some strains of bacteria that have the ability to develop resistance to antibiotics, some managed to [More]
Breaking the Wall of Multi-Resistant Superbugs There are certain medical advances that have improved the overall quality of modern life by such degrees that civilisation seems unthinkable without them. Antibiotics certainly fall into this category. [More]
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria kill 23,000 people every year in the United States, and the United Nations estimates that by 2050, more people will die from antibiotic-resistant infections than currently die from cancer. Discovered 100 years ago, [More]