Plague could be weaponized
Since at least the 1300’s, armies have used plague as a bioweapon. After the Mongol Tatars catapulted plague-infested corpses into the besieged city of Caffa (Crimea) in 1346, the ‘Black Death’ [...]
U.S. Launches The AMR Challenge to Combat Growing Threat
The United States announced at the United Nations General Assembly “The AMR Challenge”. Its an ambitious global initiative to combat the growing threat of antibiotic resistance Read more here. [...]
MDR spread by puppies
A 2017 report from FL is noted in the latest MMRW alert from the CDC. This outbreak demonstrates that puppies can be a source of multidrug-resistant Campylobacter infections in humans. Trana [...]
STDs Hit Record High in US as Resistant Gonorrhea Emerges
The latest data from the CDC raise an alarm. Since 2013, gonorrhea diagnoses have increased 67 percent and cases of syphilis have risen 76 percent. Additionally, resistance [...]
New Research shows Certain Antibiotic-Resistant Infections are on the Rise
New Research shows certain antibiotic-resistant infections are on the rise says a new study. The lead author Bradley W. Frazee, MD, attending physician, Alameda Health System Highland Hospital [...]
MRSA Epidemic Continues to Be Ignored
The MRSA epidemic continues to be ignored sites a new article. Jeanine Thomas founder of MRSA Survivors Network says that “MRSA infections are rampant in the United States healthcare [...]
This Pandemic Could Kill 900 Million People if It Happened Today, Warns Leading Medical Institute
An article surrounds a computer simulation that Johns Hopkins did with a novel pathogen, parainfluenza Clade X, that if as lethal as the Nipah virus found infecting humans a few years ago, that [...]
Chiquita backs efforts to tackle TR4
Finally, a commercial grower who is interested in finding a solution to TR4. Read more here.
Idaho boy recovering from rare case of plague
Idaho boy recovering from rare case of plague Read more here.
The end of bananas? Scientists warn the fruit could become extinct
Bananas could be wiped off the map if more isn’t done to conserve them, scientists have warned and experts have gone on tosay a special breed found in Madagascar could hold the key to keeping [...]
