May 18, 2013

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May 13, 2013

The Nearly Unstoppable Superbugs

By Anna Tomasulo

A particularly virulent type of bacteria called CREs, which include E. coli and Salmonella, is gaining in strength. Can we develop better antibiotics to fight them off? Just a few weeks ago,...

superbug, antibiotic resistance, CRE, carbapenem, resistance, NDM-!, KPC

Mar 29, 2013

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New Malaria Drug: A Step Towards Eradication?

By Lauren Edmundson

Malaria prevention and eradication has long been a goal of health officials around the world. New research shows promise: a compound with the potential to simultaneously treat and prevent malaria...

malaria, drug, vaccine, mosquito, resistance, antibiotic resistance

Feb 8, 2013

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First Cases of Vaccine-Resistant Whooping Cough Found in United States

By Lauren Edmundson

In a letter to the editor published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors have identified twelve cases of pertussis that do not respond to the pertussis vaccine. The samples were...

whooping cough, pertussis, vaccine, resistance, pertactin