Superbugs

VIDEO March 12

Microplastics are 'horrible' for your health: Dr. Mahsa Tehrani

Rheumatologist Dr. Mahsa Tehrani weighs in on a study that microplastics may create superbugs resistant to antibiotics on 'America Reports.'

HEALTH March 26, 2023

Why antibiotics may not help patients survive their viral infections: new research

New research is troubling: Most patients who are admitted to hospitals with acute viral infections are given antibiotics by doctors, yet this does not help those patients' survival rates.

VIDEO February 21, 2022

Why is Bill Gates talking about not wearing pants in public?

To probe a totally bogus, anti-science point, of course! Raymond Arroyo explains in 'Seen and Unseen.'

VIDEO February 21, 2022

NYT: CDC withholding COVID data from the public

Dr. Scott Jensen tells 'The Ingraham Angle' the bottom line is Americans need to wake up. They have been fed a limited amount of information. This is as much an intrusion of their rights as if they were inappropriately incarcerated. 

VIDEO February 21, 2022

Brit Hume calls out health officials for trying to 'manipulate the public'

Fox News senior political analyst gives reacts to the CDC not publishing large amounts of COVID data on 'Special Report.'

VIDEO February 9, 2022

Freedom Convoy protesters open up about standing for their beliefs

Fox News contributor Sara Carter speaks with protesters at the Freedom Convoy on 'Hannity.'

VIDEO October 4, 2021

Dr. Fauci says it's 'too soon to tell' on holding Christmas gatherings

Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel on Dr. Anthony Fauci saying it's 'too soon to tell' whether it will be safe for Americans to gather with family members for Christmas.

VIDEO October 1, 2021

Sen. Rand Paul blasts power-hungry HHS Secretary Becerra to his face

Paul: These people who are hysterical about the unvaccinated, it's actually the opposite of the truth

VIDEO October 1, 2021

Rand Paul reveals what the science shows about immunity to COVID-19

Senator Rand Paul provides insight on the COVID-19 pandemic on 'The Ingraham Angle'

VIDEO September 27, 2021

Dr. Siegel reveals factors that need to be considered amid vaccine mandate push

Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel weighs in on COVID-19 vaccine mandates and exemptions on 'The Story'

VIDEO September 22, 2021

Former CDC director calls for accurate vaccine verification system

Dr. Tom Frieden weighs in on Republicans fighting against vaccine passports on 'America Reports'

VIDEO August 4, 2021

Tennessee students falling behind in school amid pandemic

Tennessee Education commissioner Penny Schwinn explains how the pandemic has impacted learning and weighs in on getting students back on track on 'America Reports'

VIDEO August 3, 2021

Rand Paul blasts NIH director's mask comments: 'absolutely and utterly without scientific evidence'

Kentucky Republican weighs in on mask guidelines and the Delta variant on 'Fox News Primetime'

VIDEO August 3, 2021

Rand Paul says he is against vaccine mandates because he believes in a free society

Kentucky Republican explains why he is pro-vaccine but does not support mandates on 'Fox News Primetime'

VIDEO July 27, 2021

Dr. Amesh Adalja: Unvaccinated individuals driving COVID outbreaks, hospitalizations

Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Senior Scholar at the John Hopkins University Center for Health Security, on how to increase vaccination rates.

VIDEO August 16, 2019

Mother loses toes and nearly dies after dismissing cold symptoms

Woman's misdiagnosis leads to toe amputations.

Superbugs August 14, 2019

Drug-resistant superbug 'highly adapted' to spread in hospitals, contaminate food, study finds

A bacterium that can inflame the colon and cause “debilitating” diarrhea is evolving into two separate species, one of which could target — and could contaminate — hospital food, posing a risk to those whose immune systems may already be compromised, a new study says. 

VIDEO February 22, 2019

Newly engaged woman is given a 3 percent chance of survival after contracting double pneumonia and sepsis

Bride-to-be reportedly given 3 percent chance of survival after contracting deadly infection

Superbugs April 17, 2018

New York City mice carry life-threatening superbugs, viruses, study finds

Rats may be the biggest rodents to plague New York City, but they may not be the germiest.

Superbugs April 2, 2018

Untreatable 'super gonorrhea' case could be 'tip of the iceberg'

Doctors are calling it the “worst-ever” case of the sexually transmitted disease, which hits approximately 78 million men and women every year.

Superbugs January 19, 2017

Person-to-person contact may cause most drug-resistant TB cases

The worst form of drug-resistant tuberculosis isn't just arising from inadequate treatment, it's mostly being spread from person to person, according to a new study of hundreds of cases in South Africa that has important implications for how the deadly disease is treated.

Superbugs January 16, 2017

Gonorrhea may become resistant to all antibiotics sooner than anticipated

Researchers said that the bacteria that cause gonorrhea, which have vanquished multiple other antibiotics, are starting to evade the only remaining treatments.

Superbugs January 16, 2017

Health officials find first cases of new superbug in US

Just five months after federal health officials asked hospitals and physicians to be on the lookout for an often-fatal, antibiotic-resistant fungus called Candida auris, 13 cases have been reported, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.

Superbugs January 13, 2017

A Nevada woman dies of a superbug resistant to every available antibiotic in the US

Doctors say this case is yet another sign that we need to be taking antibiotic resistance seriously.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE November 30, 2016

Antiseptic invented in 1912 could battle viruses and superbugs

An antiseptic that German scientists invented in 1912 using coal tar has the potential to help treat and prevent both viral and bacterial infections, according to new research out of the Hudson Institute of Medical Research in Australia.

Superbugs November 3, 2016

WHO advises proper washing, no shaving in fight against hospital superbugs

Patients going for surgery should bathe or shower beforehand but their surgical site should not be shaved, and antibiotics should be used to prevent infections before and during surgery, but not afterwards, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

Superbugs October 24, 2016

Superbugs no match for Tasmanian devil milk

Forget mother's milk, the real good stuff is devil's milk.

Superbugs September 21, 2016

Rising concern over drug-resistant germs prompts UN response

World leaders are pushing to end the overuse of antibiotics and to encourage the development of new medicines, driven by concern that drug-resistant germs could lead to millions of deaths and undermine the global economy.

Medications September 19, 2016

No change in hospital antibiotic use overall in recent years

Between 2006 and 2012, antibiotic use in hospitals in general did not change, and the use of a class of drugs tied most closely to antibiotic resistance actually increased, according to a new study.

Superbugs September 19, 2016

Drug resistance in people and animals may push millions into poverty: World Bank

If drug-resistant infections in people and animals are allowed to spread unchecked, some 28 million people will fall into poverty by 2050, and a century of progress in health will be reversed, the World Bank said on Monday.