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antimicrobial resistance

Doctors operate under a dim light in a clinic.
Health & Medicine
Invisible ‘superbug’ could be more deadly than bombs in Middle East war zones
People line up outside a hospital.
Health & Medicine
There’s a way for modern medicine to cure diseases even when the treatments aren’t profitable
A computer model of a bacteriophage, which looks like a robot bug.
Health & Medicine
Are viruses the best weapon for fighting superbugs?
chickens
Science
Journalist Maryn McKenna on the rise of ‘Big Chicken’ — and our current antibiotic crisis
Case of drug-resistant microbes are on the rise around the world, especially bacteria resistant to antibiotics. This map from the World Health Organization shows the proportion of cases of tuberculosis that are resistant to multiple drugs, based on the la
Environment
A World Health Organization report warns we’re moving toward a world where antibiotics don’t work