Antibiotics

Antibiotic Resistance Superbugs

Superbugs will kill an estimated 39 million people worldwide by 2050

A new UTI vaccine shows promise in preventing recurrent infections

UTI Vaccine

Hospital patients are commonly misdiagnosed with pneumonia – to the detriment of their health, study finds

Pneumonia Misdiagnosis

To prevent STDs, the CDC wants some people to use a common antibiotic as a 'morning-after pill'

An overlooked STD could become the next superbug, scientists warn

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Children's Health

Breastfeeding may protect babies from antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs'

Health benefits of breastfeeding

Women are often prescribed the wrong antibiotics for UTIs — and for too long

UTI antibiotics

Children's Health

Children's hospitals are partly to blame as superbugs increasingly attack kids

Antibiotic Misuse Superbug

Children's Health

Antibiotic use before age 2 may lead to health issues later in childhood

Antibiotics Asthma Allergies

Wasp venom may help solve the problem of drug-resistant infections

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Children's Health

Babies prescribed antibiotics may be at a higher risk for allergies in childhood, study says

Babies antibiotics allergies

Why antibiotics don't work for the flu and common cold

Antibiotics influenza cold virus bacteria

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria a deadly threat 'that is not going away,' CDC says

Superbugs CDC infections antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Green tea ingredient may prove key to slowing antibiotic resistance

Green tea antibiotics

An ambitious plan to stop the rise of superbugs

Taco Bell committed to serving healthier meat in North America

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Kitchen sponges may hold answer to antibiotic resistance

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New 'jumping' superbug, resistant to key antibiotic, could be trouble for hospitals

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Why you shouldn’t take antibiotics for a cold or flu

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Are viruses the best weapon for fighting superbugs?

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Dermatologists are prescribing fewer antibiotics – but they still outpace other specialties

Very few people are actually allergic to penicillin, new study finds

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McDonald's antibiotic-reduction effort could change the entire meat industry

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Triclosan, often maligned, may have a good side — treating cystic fibrosis infections

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‘Nightmare bacteria’ stalk U.S. hospitals

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Antibiotics can be unnecessary and potentially harmful, IBC says

Tyson Foods plans to cut human antibiotics in U.S. chicken flocks by 2017

White House crafts first-ever plan to fight superbugs

KFC faces pressure after McDonald's says no antibiotics in chicken

KFC

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Carrots sold at Trader Joe's, Wegmans recalled due to potential E. coli contamination

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