Jewaun Smith, a 9-year-old boy from Chicago, is lucky to be alive.
Surviving the New Killer Bug
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What You Need to Know About Staph
You’ve heard or read the headlines: that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is deadlier than AIDS; that the killer bug is alarmingly more widespread than anyone thought; that it’s in your kids’ locker rooms and at your gym. Stories abound of young high-school athletes becoming infected with MRSA and dying within weeks, and you’re starting to worry about whether that nick or scrape you just got could be your last
A Looming Drug Crisis: The Dearth of New Antibiotics
In recent years, efforts to combat drug-resistant bacteria have focused on the immediate goal of reducing rates of hospital-acquired infections. But now global health officials face an approaching crisis: the number of different antibiotics available to treat such infections when they do occur is dwindling because pharmaceutical companies have neglected to invest in the development of new types of drugs
Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug dies at 95
Nobel laureate Norman E.