World Action Needed to Prevent Widespread Antibiotic Resistance Since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, we have used antibiotics against a host of infections. But now, doctors are finding that more and more bacteria are resistant to even the stron

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Vidushi Sinha | Washington, DC 18 May 2010 The World Health Organization calls antibiotic resistance one of the three greatest threats to human health. Experts fear antibiotic resistance puts humans in danger of becoming nearly defenseless against so

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A leading U.S. government health agency is focusing an annual campaign on educating patients, parents, and health care providers about the need to avoid the misuse of antibiotics. Inappropriate use of antibiotics can lead to superbugs that resist dru

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Rosanne Skirble Before the discovery of antibiotics in the 1940s, millions of people died routinely of staphylococcus and streptococcus and more serious bacterial infections like meningitis, pneumonia

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By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 04 January 2007 watch Meningitis in Children Meningitis can be infectious, particularly when the disease is spread among large groups of people living in crowded conditions. It is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa,

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Dear Annie: My sister and brother use too many antibiotics. And they both use only as many pills as they need to feel better and save the rest. I've told both of them that abuse of antibiotics is the No. 1 reason we have superbugs that won't be cured

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