June 3, 2016 What the new superbug means for the US Experts say a Pennsylvania woman's recent case of an antibiotic-resistant infection shows the urgency for new antibiotics.
June 3, 2016 California hospital reportedly broke state law for not immediately reporting outbreak Health officials reportedly determined this week that a California hospital broke state law by not quickly reporting a deadly outbreak last year caused by dirty scopes.
May 27, 2016 Deadly superbug arrives in US, report says A long-dreaded superbug detected in China, Canada and Europe has made its appearance in the United States, researchers at the U.S. Military HIV Research Program announced Thursday.
May 19, 2016 Unaddressed, superbugs could kill 'every 3 seconds' by 2050, report suggests The latest edition of an annual report petitioned by the British government suggests that, by 2050, superbugs will kill someone worldwide every three seconds if policy makers and advocacy groups don’t take action, the BBC reported.
May 3, 2016 Plague confirmed in death of Colorado high school athlete Colorado health officials reported this weekend that a healthy 16-year-old boy’s sudden death earlier this month was caused by a rare strain of plague.
March 4, 2016 CDC: Superbugs cause 1 in 7 infections caught in hospitals Supergerms cause 1 out of 7 infections caught in hospitals, health officials said Thursday.
January 29, 2016 Infectious disease vaccines: A new approach to global health security If we want to keep infectious diseases at bay, we need to stop focusing all our attention on defending borders and try to prevent outbreaks in the first place.
January 25, 2016 To fight growing threat from germs, scientists try old-fashioned killer A hospital nurse soaked a bandage in a colorless liquid containing viruses drawn from a toxic sewer in Paris, a well in Mali and a filthy river in India.
January 8, 2016 Malaria treatment fails in Cambodia because of drug resistance, researchers say Malaria-carrying parasites in parts of Cambodia have developed resistance to a major drug used to treat the disease in Southeast Asia, according to research published on Thursday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.
January 4, 2016 Smokers more likely to get antibiotics prescriptions than others Doctors are more likely to give smokers antibiotics for an infection, a bad habit that may endanger public health by promoting antibiotic resistance, according to a U.S. study.
