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Global antibiotic overuse is like a ‘slow motion train wreck’
Deadly antibiotic resistance is predicted to eclipse the number of people affected by cancer by 2050, and one of the biggest causes is overuse. A new study out Monday found the use of antibiotics worldwide has increased 65 percent in…
How a flood of antibiotics landed in your chicken
In the book "Big Chicken," Maryn McKenna chronicles how humanity went from developing antibiotics to keep healthy to standing on the verge of an onslaught of unstoppable diseases.
Column: The never-ending debate over finishing your antibiotics
Some health professionals are advocating for shorter antibiotics courses, going so far as to say maybe patients should stop taking antibiotics once they feel better.
Why so many companies have stopped trying to create new antibiotics
Dr. John Rex discusses the growing concerns around antibacterial resistance and why so many companies have stopped trying to create new drugs.
A new study suggests a dangerous, antibiotic-resistant superbug may be evading disease surveillance.
Public health officials from Nevada are reporting on a case of a woman who died in Reno in September from an incurable infection.
Obesity, clean drinking water and antibiotic resistance are just some of science and health issues to have taken a backseat during the presidential election.
Heads of state will gather this week to address perhaps the biggest health threat the world faces: the growing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics and superbugs.
It’s spreading! Scientists at Harvard Medical School in Boston and Technion-Israel have designed a way to document bacteria as the microbes become impervious to antibiotics.
