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CDC sounds alarm on deadly, untreatable superbugs

CDC warns of ‘nightmare bacteria’ that are extremely resistant to antibiotics. Continue reading

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Bacteria in Drinking Water is Healthy; Quasicrystal Came From Space

Discovered: Mars exhibits signs of plate tectonics; the natural form of a recently developed substance came from space; bacteria is drinking water is healthy; circuits at your fingertips.  Continue reading

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Ga. man battling flesh-eating bacteria

A landscaper in Cartersville, Ga., has become the third person in recent weeks to contract flesh-eating bacteria in the Southeast. Continue reading

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$640 Million Mega Millions — You Got a Better Chance of Dying By Flesh-Eating Bacteria

If you think you can win this week’s mega lottery, think again … you have a better chance of being killed by flesh-eating bacteria than rolling in lottery gold. The Mega Millions jackpot is at $640 Million (and rising), with odds of winning… Continue reading

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Group asks FDA to treat superbugs like rare diseases

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A research group is proposing a new tool in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria: turn infections into a rare disease. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) offered a plan on Thursday that would allow the U.S. Continue reading

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