September 7, 2016 Deconstructing the CDC's superbug death estimates In 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released estimates of how many people in the country die every year from antibiotic resistant infections: 23,000.
September 7, 2016 'Superbug' scourge spreads as US fails to track rising human toll Josiah Cooper-Pope, born 15 weeks premature, did fine in the neonatal intensive care unit for the first 10 days of his life.
August 30, 2016 UN Health revises advice for 3 infections transmitted by sex The U.N health agency says three common infections transmitted by sex are increasingly resisting antibiotics, and is calling on doctors and patients to make sure the right drugs and doses are used.
August 29, 2016 Researchers find first US bacteria with worrisome superbug genes New Jersey researchers said on Monday they had identified perhaps the first strain of E. Coli bacteria in the United States with mobile genes that make it resistant to two types of antibiotics now considered last-line defenses against superbugs.
August 10, 2016 Are you contributing to the rise of superbugs? The next time your doctor prescribes— or refuses to prescribe— antibiotics for an illness, you might want to listen and follow directions exactly.
July 15, 2016 Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea on the rise, CDC says Gonorrhea cases are on the rise, but new data suggest the sexually transmitted disease is becoming resistant to one of two drugs in the dual therapy used to treat it.
June 29, 2016 FDA has a few questions for makers of hand sanitizer Federal health officials want to know whether hand sanitizers used by millions of Americans work as well as manufacturers claim — and whether there are any health risks to their growing use.
June 28, 2016 Chicago hospitals get $10M to fight superbugs Federal health officials say about $10 million will go to Chicago's Rush University Medical Center and Cook County Health and Hospitals System to help fight drug-resistant superbugs.
June 15, 2016 New drugs in testing to combat superbugs Federal-government financial incentives to drug companies have helped lead to at least seven late-stage antibiotics that may fight bacteria prone to turning into dangerous “superbugs,” a senior government medical official told lawmakers Tuesday.
June 11, 2016 Scientists reportedly find super bacteria in several Rio Olympic venues Athletes, fans and health officials are already concerned about a possible Zika virus outbreak stemming from the upcoming Rio Olympics, and now might have to face another big problem.
