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Journalist Maryn McKenna on the rise of ‘Big Chicken’ — and our current antibiotic crisis

Science

Everyone gets chicken, and the chicken get antibiotics.

Journalist Maryn McKenna on the rise of ‘Big Chicken’ — and our current antibiotic crisis
Colonies of lab-grown E. coli bacteria similar to a strain carrying a gene that makes it resistant to all known antibiotics. Many bacterial pathogens are developing drug resistance due to the widespread misuse of antibiotics.

Think antibiotic-resistant 'super-bugs' are only a distant threat? Think again.

Health
Think antibiotic-resistant 'super-bugs' are only a distant threat? Think again.
The United Nations General Assembly hall in New York, April 2016.

The UN just took on antibiotic resistance, but can diplomacy help us combat disease?

Economics
The UN just took on antibiotic resistance, but can diplomacy help us combat disease?
A facsimile of a page from Bald's Leechbook

A deadly modern disease may have an unexpected ancient cure

Medicine
A deadly modern disease may have an unexpected ancient cure
A newly discovered soil bacterium, Eleftheria terrae, is able to make teixobactin, a new antibiotic that can kill a range of disease-causing bacteria.

Scientists discover a potent new antibiotic

Medicine
Scientists discover a potent new antibiotic

Should we be worried about antibiotic resistance?

Health & Medicine

Antibiotics are as essential to medicine these days as bandages. But there may come a day when germs become resistant to all of our antibiotics. And that day may be coming sooner than we think.

Should we be worried about antibiotic resistance?