The Global Ongoing MRSA Epidemic
The founder of MRSA Survivors Network. Is recommending a renewed emphasis on handwashing and the use of new agents to stem the rapid expansion of MRSA infections. They feel that The Centers for [...]
Some 430 acres of Colombian bananas infected with fungus
There is confirmed evidence that the latest mutation of the mold Fusarium is present in the Americas. The multi-resistant strain of this lethal mold to bananas, TR4, has decimated banana crops [...]
New Intermountain Study Finds Overuse of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Treatment for Pneumonia Results in Poorer Outcomes
A new study by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare has found that administering broad-spectrum antibiotics, which act against a wide range of disease-causing bacteria, to treat patients with [...]
Microbiota helps lung cells prepare for influenza antiviral activity
The Francis Crick Institute have recently demonstrated the beneficial effect of the microbiota on host cell antiviral response to invasion by the influenza virus. When the microbiota is [...]
LAPD officers being treated for typhoid fever, typhus-like symptoms
First responders (police officers) in Los Angeles have now come down with typhoid fever and another to typhus-like symptoms. Both diseases can be caused by fleas and ticks that carry the [...]
New Legislation to Improve Access to Innovative Therapies
A bi-partisan effort by Sen. Johnny Isakson and Sen. Bob Casey has produced a continuation of previous legislation in the form of a bill, “Developing an Innovative Strategy for [...]
Ancient genomes found in historically recorded plague pandemic
New findings from a mass burial site in the UK highlight the spread of the first bubonic/pneumonic plague caused by Yersinia pestis. These remains date back to the Justinian plague that spread [...]
Trends in Staphylococcus Aureus Infections in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
The authors did observe that during the 12 year observation, nationally, the VA medical centers had a decrease in observed MRSA infections. This was probably due MRSA carriage by their patients [...]
Spraying diseased citrus orchards with antibiotics could backfire
The Journal Nature issued an editorial on cautions for using human antibiotics on citrus groves. The intent by citrus growers is to stop the new infections that cause HLB (citrus greening [...]
Super-gonorrhoea spread causes ‘deep concern’
A European “party destination” is one line of inquiry and health officials are trying to contact subsequent sexual partners in the UK. Read more here.
