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MRSA gets piggyback from livestock to humans

I’ve written an article for the Economist about a new strain of the antibiotic-resistant “superbug” MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) that infects large numbers of f… more »

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IMF funding linked to high TB rates — 1 comment

h.e.g. wrote 3 days ago: According to this article from this BBC, “Strict conditions on international loans have been b … more »

Tags: International Aid, News, Other issues, conditionality, Europe, Healthcare, HIV/AIDS, IMF, TB

Valuing Reduced Antibiotic Use for Pediatric Acute Otitis Media

Callier Library wrote 3 months ago: from Pediatrics OBJECTIVE. The 2004 American Academy of Pediatrics acute otitis media guidelines ur … more »

Tags: otitis media, Child

The Carnivore's Dilemma: Antibiotic resistance

Evan Herrnstadt wrote 5 months ago: The NYT had an article on Sunday about the various consequences of eating meat. We’ve all hea … more »

MRSA gets piggyback from livestock to humans

Ed Yong wrote 7 months ago: I’ve written an article for the Economist about a new strain of the antibiotic-resistant … more »

Tags: Health & Medicine, bacteria, MRSA, staph., Staphylococcus aureus, pigs, Zoonosis, Netherlands, Economist

Resistance is futile: the new war on drugs — 1 comment

Sarah Darley wrote 8 months ago: In her Oct. 19 post to the Center for Global Development’s Global Health Policy blog, Ruth Levine … more »

Tags: climate change, Public Health

Scary stuff

pollymath wrote 1 year ago: This article is a scary reminder of looming threats. … more »

Tags: River Blindness, onchocerciasis, Disease, South America, Central America, Sub saharan Africa, Africa

Drugs that work against each other could fight resistant germs — 3 comments

Ed Yong wrote 1 year ago: Using combinations of drugs that work poorly together could be the key to fighting strains of germs … more »

Tags: Disease evolution, Evolution, Health & Medicine

The secret of drug-resistant bubonic plague — 2 comments

Ed Yong wrote 1 year ago: The bacterium that causes bubonic plague can pick up drug resistance from common bacteria responsibl … more »

Tags: bacteria, Health & Medicine, parasites


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