Tag: superbugs
Here’s What Happens if You Never Clean Out Your Washing Machine
Why would you need to clean a washing machine? Doesn’t all that water and soap sloshing around keep it clean and fresh? Actually, no....
NIH Gives Labs Go Ahead To Manufacture Killer Viruses
In 2014, the Centers For Disease Control & Prevention accidentally shipped out live anthrax virus cultures. It was one of a series of embarrassing...
Surviving Superbugs: 3 Amazing People Who Battled Deadly Bacteria
“Things were so bad for so long, we needed something to go right, and this new procedure was the first piece of good news...
Misuse Of Antibiotics Puts Chimps At Risk
We all know the benefits of antibiotics. They can help to cure infections and even be lifesaving. Nonetheless, we often overuse them, especially in...
Antarctic Sponge Could Defeat Superbugs!
Antibiotic-resistant superbugs are an increasing threat all around the world, and for the last several years, researchers have been looking at alternatives to antibiotics...
Killer Superbug Now In America: It Could End Antibiotics For Good
A long-dreaded superbug hits the United States, igniting fears that we may be reaching the end of the road with antibiotics. Meanwhile, the medical...
CDC Says the Spread of a New Superbug Is Cause for...
Ever since the introduction of antibiotics nearly 100 years ago, they have been used to successfully treat many bacterial illnesses. However, confusion in the...
Antibiotic-Resistant Gene Discovered in Remote Tribe
Antibiotic resistance has been named as a worldwide health catastrophe. Since the invention of antibiotics in the 1920s, scientists have found that bacteria become...
Garlic is the Medieval Medicine that Could Save us from MRSA
In this era of fears about overprescription of antibiotic medications and the rise of drug-resistant superbugs, who would have thought that we need to...
FDA Begins Process of Phasing Out Antibiotics Used in Meat
Finally, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a small step towards addressing today's rampant growth of antibiotic-resistant illnesses by launching a program...
