Microbial communities featuring potentially pathogenic characteristics have been found living in the shower hoses at a major US hospital, as a result of new research from the US Environmental Protection … [Read full article]
Tag: antibiotic resistance
Common Wastewater Treatment Methods Are “Creating” New Antibiotics
Many of those reading this now are probably aware that antibiotics are more or les ubiquitous in the environment now — owing to their ubiquitous use, and disposal. Wastewater is … [Read full article]
Farmageddon Strips Rosy Myths From 21st-Century Food: London Salon February 20
Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat exposes a worldwide crisis in mega-farming. (Graphic from Sunday Times review by coauthor.) The authors, Philip Lymbery and Isabel Oakeshott, believe that the … [Read full article]
Government Shutdown Boomerangs On U.S. Health
Everyone’s thinking about the U.S. government shutdown. American media have chosen to dramatize a health official’s suggestion that children with cancer will not be able to receive advanced clinical treatments … [Read full article]
7 Out Of 10 Americans Are On Prescription Drugs, Research Finds
7 out of every 10 Americans are currently on at least one prescription drug, according to researchers from Mayo Clinic. And out of those that are on at least one … [Read full article]
Animals Bred In Zoos And Reintroduced To The Wild Bring Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria With Them, Research Finds
Animals raised in captive breeding programs, and then released into the wild, may transmit antibiotic resistant bacteria to the wild populations, new research on wallabies has found. Specifically, the research … [Read full article]
Human Bacteria and Soil Bacteria Swap Antibiotic-Resistance Genes
The bacteria that live in soil and bacteria that are known to cause human diseases have recently exchanged at least seven key antibiotic-resistance genes, according to researchers from the Washington … [Read full article]
Untreatable Gonorrhea Spreading Worldwide, World Health Organization Warns
New cases of untreatable gonorrhoea have been found in Australia, France, Japan, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that with resistance to the … [Read full article]
Malaria Parasite Has Developed Resistance to the Best Drugs
New mutations in the deadliest malaria parasite have given it resistance to the most powerful antimalarial drugs available. The researchers that did the study say that this should serve … [Read full article]