... witnessed the introduction of Zika and West Nile viruses in the U.S., Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Southwestern Europe, and the continuous emergence of Lyme disease throughout the Northeast of the U.S. and central Europe. Ticks are the most important vectors for infectious diseases in the Northern Hemisphere ...
... a death sentence. Then, in 1928, Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, and soon, antibiotics were widely prescribed to treat everything from strep throat to Lyme disease. But less than a century later, the global overuse of antibiotics has led to a rise in resistance to the drugs, along with ...
Tuesday on the NewsHour, Hurricane Irma leaves flooding and more than half of Florida without power as recovery begins. Also: Rep. Mark Meadows on the divisions in the Republican Party, the latest in the Russian election meddling investigation, combating Lyme disease with genetic engineering, retraining coal miners for new careers ...
... said it was unlikely she or any other official would call back because “the press release spoke for itself.” WATCH NEXT: Dogs can get a Lyme disease vaccine. Why can’t humans? American scientists called for more rigorous clinical trial oversight in the wake of Nazi atrocities involving human experiments ...
Wednesday on the NewsHour, Senate Republicans scramble to make changes on their health care bill to win enough votes. Also: New poll numbers reveal what the nation thinks about the Trump administration, a massive cyberattack spreads throughout the globe, why there is still no vaccine for Lyme disease and a ...
... climate change including the recent increase in natural disasters and the spread of infectious diseases. READ NEXT: Climate change is speeding up the spread of Lyme disease “Walls will not keep these pathogens out,” Jha said to the audience. “No borders are going to protect us. That’s what awaits ...
... running up in Nantucket trying to target Lyme disease. Can you explain what they're hoping to do there? MICHAEL SPECTER: Mostly, people think about Lyme disease in deer. And there is a relationship. But the real reservoir for Lyme is the white-footed mouse. At Kevin Esvelt at MIT ...
... representing more than 10 thousand species. NewsHour paid a visit to the facility to see what’s under everyone’s skin. Ticks -- the blood-sucking, Lyme disease-carrying subclass cousin of mites -- are considered the largest of the kind, but most mites are much smaller. The tiniest mite on record ...
Dash Masland has a British fungus hanging on her wall. The fungus, framed in a picture, is beer yeast and the main ingredient in the farmhouse-style beer brewed in her Maine-based microbrewery. It is also her muse. The marine scientist-turned brewer is fascinated by the yeast that gives each beer its unique flavor, and she...
In 1972, the New York Times reported that more than 3,000 people in the U.S. choked to death that year, making it the sixth most common cause of accidental death. Up until that time, the usual response upon discovering a choking person was to slap him or her on the back. But many doctors insisted...
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