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Consider this the post wherein I channel my Inner ERV. During the last week, I've come across a couple sensationalist article about E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus being found on common surfaces. Here's one article about shopping carts and E. coli: Researchers from the University of Arizona…
When normal bacteria are exposed to a drug, those that become resistant gain a huge and obvious advantage. Bacteria are notoriously quick to seize upon such evolutionary advantages and resistant strains rapidly outgrow the normal ones. Drug-resistant bacteria pose an enormous potential threat to…
Happy New Year! Time for some links. Science: First U.S. case of extremely drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis diagnosed My Statistics Primer Revisited Acacia plant controls ants with chemical Aardvark cuteness What does it mean that a nation is 'Unscientific'? Other: Mood: Grouchy? Kodak, Bill…
Antibiotic-resistant infections kill 23,000 people in the US and sicken two million each year, and the problem is getting worse, warns a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013 ranks several strains of bacteria…