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Walking pneumonia, a lung infection caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, tends to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 has been rampant among young children.
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Could your cough be walking pneumonia? Here are the symptoms of the spiking bacterial illness
By Lindsey LeakeNovember 1, 2024
Stella Kyriakides, European Union commissioner for health and food safety, speaks at the session “Facing a World Without Antibiotics” at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, on Tuesday. Antimicrobial resistance currently causes over 1 million deaths each year and contributes to 5 millions, experts say. By 2050, it could cause as many as 10 million deaths annually.
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Failure of some prescription drugs could kill 10 million annually by 2050, Davos leaders warn, calling the issue a ‘silent pandemic’
By Erin PraterJanuary 17, 2024
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Health
STD rates are rising to record levels and the CDC plans to approve an antibiotic as a ‘morning-after pill’ for gay and bisexual men
By Mike Stobbe and The Associated PressOctober 2, 2023
Antibiotics AI
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How A.I. helps sniff out new antibiotics
By Sy MukherjeeFebruary 25, 2020
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Scientists are turning to A.I. to discover new antibiotics that can fight superbugs
By Sy MukherjeeFebruary 25, 2020
MRSA bacteria. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a Gram-positive, round (coccus) bacterium.
Commentary
How to Cure the Antibiotic Industry’s Profitability Infection
By Megan Blewett, Bob Kocher and Bobby ShadyNovember 14, 2019
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
Health
The U.K. Just Confirmed Its 1st Case of ‘Super Gonorrhea.’ And It’s Freaking Out Health Experts
By Sy MukherjeeMarch 29, 2018
Food and Farm Livestock Antibiotics
Health
Your Next Lifesaving Antibiotic May Not Work. Blame This.
By Clifton LeafNovember 9, 2017
Life On A Dairy Farm The Closed Herd
The WHO is Urging Agribusiness to Stop Using Antibiotics on Healthy Animals
By ReutersNovember 7, 2017
NOOR ALAM(20) has been suffering from TB for last 3 months
Health
The U.S. Government Has Issued a Dire Warning on Tuberculosis
By Sy MukherjeeMay 10, 2017
A silver foil strip with white medicine tablets, displayed
Health
A Promising Antibiotic for a Deadly Infection Is Sending Paratek Pharma’s Stock Soaring
By Sy MukherjeeApril 4, 2017
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Health
The WHO Says These 12 Deadly Superbugs Pose the Greatest Health Threats to Humans
By Sy MukherjeeFebruary 27, 2017
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Retail
Why Perdue Is the Biggest User of Baby Wipes
By Beth KowittOctober 6, 2016
General Images From Inside A McDonald's Restaurant
Retail
McDonald’s Chicken Conundrum: Can It Be Sustainable and Humane?
By Beth KowittOctober 4, 2016
Five Things You Didn’t Know About McDonald’s and Cage-Free Eggs
Retail
Five Things You Didn’t Know About McDonald’s and Cage-Free Eggs
By Beth KowittAugust 18, 2016
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