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Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Cambodia

January 27, 2016March 23, 2022 Colleen Nguyen

An NIH study published in The Lancet Infectious Disease earlier this month indicates that the anti-malarial medication dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine has failed to treat Plasmodium falciparum malaria

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Is MRSA the Godzilla of Superbugs?

May 20, 2013March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

It kills thousands of Americans every year and can't be stopped by most antibiotics. Our best defense right now is really good hand-washing. Will that

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The Nearly Unstoppable Superbugs

May 13, 2013March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

A particularly virulent type of bacteria called CREs, which include E. coli and Salmonella, is gaining in strength. Can we develop better antibiotics to fight

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New Malaria Drug: A Step Towards Eradication?

March 29, 2013March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

Malaria prevention and eradication has long been a goal of health officials around the world. New research shows promise: a compound with the potential to

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First Cases of Vaccine-Resistant Whooping Cough Found in United States

February 8, 2013March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

In a letter to the editor published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors have identified twelve cases of pertussis that do not respond

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