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25% of Antibiotic Prescriptions Are Unnecessary. Here's Why That's So Dangerous

By Alice Park

Fecal Transplant Pills Could Become a New Cutting-Edge Treatment for Infections

By Alice Park

Here's a New Reason You Should Worry About Antibiotics

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Stop Using Antibiotics in Healthy Animals, WHO Says

By Alexandra Sifferlin
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Here's How to Cut Antibiotic Use in Animals

Almost 80% of all antibiotics used are given to animals

By Alexandra Sifferlin

It’s Been One Year Since the World Took On Superbugs. Here’s What’s Changed

This week marks one year since world leaders met at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City in 2016 and unanimously committed to tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The risks of not doing so...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

We Can Soon Erase Our Fear Memories

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By The Aspen Institute

Eating at the Wrong Time Could Affect Your Body Weight

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Some Doctors Now Say to Stop Antibiotics When You Feel Better

When you’re prescribed a course of antibiotics, it’s important to finish the whole thing. At least, that’s the message that’s been perpetuated for years by doctors, nurses, parents and the media. But now, a group...

By Amanda MacMillan

Why There's No Such Thing as a Gifted Child

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By The Aspen Institute

Your Eyes Might Be Full of Bacteria. Here's Why That's a Good Thing

The human body is teeming with bacteria, and a lot of it is good for you. Scientists have shown that the microbiome—a community of bacteria that live in the gut and on other places like...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

There's a New Antibiotic You Should Know About

Infections that are resistant to the drugs used to treat them, also known as superbugs, are a growing problem worldwide. If nothing is done, 10 million people are estimated to die each year from antibiotic...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

A MRSA Infection Cost Me $300,000—and Nearly Killed Me

This essay is part of a TIME series on the growing effects of antimicrobial resistance: superbugs that may no longer be treated with standard-course antibiotics. In 2016, World Health Organization leaders called drug resistance a...

By Chris Linaman

Smartphones May Be Degrading Our Moral Values

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By The Aspen Institute

Scientists Find a Rare Superbug in Houston

Infections caused by an uncommon superbug—one resistant to several kinds of antibiotics—are increasingly showing up in a Houston hospital system, according to new research published Tuesday in the journal mBio.Researchers from the Houston Methodist Research...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

I Survived Flesh-Eating Bacteria—and It Changed My Life Forever

This essay is part of a TIME series on the growing effects of antimicrobial resistance: superbugs that may no longer be treated with standard-course antibiotics. In 2016, World Health Organization leaders called drug resistance a...

By Aimee Copeland

Why Bacteria Are More Threatening Than Ever

The stories are harrowing: people with simple cuts who get exposed to bacteria can end up with life-threatening, and sometimes even life-ending, infections. Antibiotics were supposed to prevent these infections and deaths. But in the...

By Alice Park and Lon Tweeten

How to Keep the World Safe from Superbugs

Superbugs, or bacteria that have grown immune to the drugs used to treat them, are rapidly becoming a global public health crisis. In the United States alone, at least 2 million people become infected with...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Smartphones Deliver Vital Public Services

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By The Aspen Institute

A Cautionary Tale About Antibiotics

Antibiotics are prescribed to treat infections from head to toe—from bronchitis to urinary tract infections (UTIs). But doctors and patients are increasingly learning more about the alarming side effects of one particular class called fluoroquinolones,...

By Alice Park
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