Monday, September 22, 2014

Superbugs Beware!

Drug-resistant Campylobacter (CNN Health)
Drug-resistant bacteria have been in the forefront of the war that is constantly battled by researchers and doctors when they prescribe antibiotics to patients. Many of the bacteria out there are not affected by many antibiotics anymore.

Now the Obama Administration has created an inter-agency task force to fight these superbugs and come up with better antibiotics. More details are outlined in this article from CNN Health.

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