An NIH study published in The Lancet Infectious Disease earlier this month indicates that the anti-malarial medication dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine has failed to treat Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Tag: resistance
It kills thousands of Americans every year and can't be stopped by most antibiotics. Our best defense right now is really good hand-washing. Will that
A particularly virulent type of bacteria called CREs, which include E. coli and Salmonella, is gaining in strength. Can we develop better antibiotics to fight
Malaria prevention and eradication has long been a goal of health officials around the world. New research shows promise: a compound with the potential to
In a letter to the editor published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors have identified twelve cases of pertussis that do not respond