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Superbugs Are Nearly Impossible to Fight. This Last-Resort Medical Treatment Offers Hope

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Here's How to Cut Antibiotic Use in Animals

By Alexandra Sifferlin

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

By Alexandra Sifferlin

This Week in Health: How to Make Yourself Love Exercise

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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

This Week in Health: Flesh-Eating Bacteria and the Perks of Coffee

This week brought the harrowing yet inspiring story of a woman who survived an infection from flesh-eating bacteria. It also provided the bottom line on coffee at last. (You’re in luck: it’s good for you.)...

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

You Asked: Which Foods Are Treated With Antibiotics?

Foods from fruit to farmed fish are treated with antibiotics. But poultry and livestock are the ones keeping health experts awake at night.

By Markham Heid

Antibiotics Are Still Overused in Hospitals

The most comprehensive study yet shows that antibiotic use hasn’t changed in hospitals, despite recent warnings that they drugs are overprescribed

By Alice Park

Ground Beef Contains Dangerous Bacteria, Study Finds

You may want to pay attention to the type of beef you buy

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Most Countries Are Unprepared for Superbugs, Report Says

Only 34 countries have a comprehensive plan

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Drug-Resistant Bacteria Could Spread Globally

Two genes responsible for building up drug-resistance can easily be shared between a family of bacteria

By Helen Regan

Health Workers See Promise in Software to Tackle Drug-Resistant Bacteria

New software may predict genetic changes in bacteria before they occur

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Chicken Companies Ditch Antibiotics for Probiotics

Your chicken will be antibiotic-free, but rich in bacteria — and that's a good thing, Perdue Farms says

By Elizabeth Barber

Why I'm Breaking Up With Hand Sanitizer

A former hand-sanitizer addict quits his habit. Here's why

By Bill Saporito

Antibiotic Resistant Genes Are Everywhere, Even in Arctic Ice

Antibiotic resistant genes are found in soil, Arctic permafrost and deep in the oceans – even where there aren’t any antibiotics. That means that resistance could become an even bigger problem than scientists thought

By Alice Park
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