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Drug resistance

A computer model of a bacteriophage, which looks like a robot bug.

Are viruses the best weapon for fighting superbugs?

Health & Medicine

Scientists and physicians may need to look to medical treatments from the past to solve the superbug problems of the future.

A rapid diagnostic test for malaria.

With quick and easy malaria tests, some unexpected drawbacks

Health
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

A World Health Organization report warns we’re moving toward a world where antibiotics don’t work

Environment

Antibiotic use fuels drug resistant superbugs from India

Health & Medicine

Advocates say FDA should ban all non-medical use of antibiotics in animals

Health & Medicine

Superbugs: India and the Rise of Drug-Resistant Germs

Business, Economics and Jobs

India has become a breeding ground for antibiotic-resistant microbes, The World’s Marco Werman talks to reporter Jason Gale about what’s causing the problem and how India’s medical tourism industry could expose people worldwide to the resistant germs.

The World

Health Note/Antibiotic Resistance

Living on Earth’s Diane Toomey reports on researchers from the Centers for Disease Control who have found a rise in antibiotic resistance of a common food-borne pathogen.