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New Antibiotic Offers Major Breakthrough for Medicine

New Antibiotic Offers Major Breakthrough for Medicine

| January 8, 2015 Comment

New Antibiotic Offers Major Breakthrough for Medicine – A handful of dirt from a field has yielded what may be the first of a new family of antibiotics. Early tests suggest this one has the potential to be especially powerful, providing a new weapon against the growing threat of drug-resistant superbugs. Scientists at Northeastern University in […]

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More People Diagnosed with TB in 2013, but There’s Good News

More People Diagnosed with TB in 2013, but There’s Good News

| October 23, 2014 Comment

More People Diagnosed with TB in 2013, but There’s Good News – The World Health Organization released a new report Wednesday showing nearly 9 million people developed tuberculosis in 2013 — a nearly 500,000-person increase compared to 2012. More than 1.5 million people died from the disease in 2013 — that number is also up […]

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5 Babies Test Positive for TB after Texas Nursery Exposure

5 Babies Test Positive for TB after Texas Nursery Exposure

| September 28, 2014 Comment

5 Babies Test Positive for TB after Texas Nursery Exposure – Health officials say hundreds of babies were exposed to tuberculosis in a Texas hospital. Five have tested positive for an infection.

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