superbugs
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Novartis Becomes The Latest Pharma Company To Give Up On Antibiotics Research
Much like climate change, the growing emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial superbugs is a ticking time bomb that threatens our very way of life. It’s also a very expensive problem to tackle, and Big Pharma has struggled to find any promising solutions. Yesterday, yet another major pharmaceutical — the Swiss-based Novartis — announced it is dropping…
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Scientist Sleuths Used DNA To Track Spread Of Superbug
When an outbreak occurs, in order to effectively figure out how to stop it, researchers typically try to figure out how it started. The answer to that question, though, can be elusive. And as so-called superbug infections have spread across the country’s hospitals, scientists and public health officials have subsequently struggled to understand how these…
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A ‘Superbug’ Fungus Is Spreading Across The US
Over the past nine months, the number of US cases of an emerging, multi-drug resistant fungus has ballooned from seven to more than 122. What’s more, the fungus, Candida auris, seems to be spreading, according to a field report the Centres for Disease Control released Thursday.
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A Superbug Resistant To 26 Antibiotics Has Killed A Woman In Nevada
Fifteen years ago, US public health officials declared that infections resistant to antibiotics could become a major threat. That threat, it seems, has arrived.