The negative public health impact of expanding industrial animal farming warrants immediate action by the World Health Organization, according to an open letter signed by more than 200 scientists, global health experts and environmental activists.
The World Health Organization released what is a essentially a ‘most wanted list’ of the 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to our health. WHO officials hope that this list we will spur research and development of new antibiotics. Many of the bacteria listed are already resistant to multiple antibiotics.
NEW YORK — Health and drug experts are raising the alarm about antimicrobial resistance (AMR), one of the world’s most…
An extremely rare microscopic image of drug-resistant bacteria. The WHO has added its voice to a booming choir warning of…
Drug resistance. Here’s WHO’s Dr. Margaret Chan warning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk1rUDQwgDE Yes, it’s a pretty boring video presentation — unless you actually…
CDC E. coli Two story themes have come out recently that should remind us that bacteria rule this planet. Bacteria…