Federal health officials are reminding parents of infants to properly sterilize breast pump equipment after a baby died last year from a rare bacterial infection.
Tag: Bacteria
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Was Pablo Neruda Murdered?
There has long been suspicion that Chile’s military dictatorship poisoned the nation’s most famous poet. A decade-long investigation has produced tantalizing clues, but nothing more.
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Can a Federally Funded ‘Netflix Model’ Fix the Broken Market for Antibiotics?
Shortages and drug-resistant germs have renewed attention on a $6 billion proposal in Congress that would reconfigure the way antimicrobial drugs are developed and sold.
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A New Approach to Spotting Tumors: Look for Their Microbes
New research is revealing that cancer is rife with bacteria and fungi — a rich ecosystem that scientists call the tumor microbiome.