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As the world's microbial diversity is decimated by antibiotics, processed food, filtered water and other wonders of modern life, researchers are proposing the creation of a global microbiota vault to protect the long-term health of humanity. Human microbiota, a community of trillions of microorganisms that ...
Kagoshima hospital reveals 15 cases of 'superbug' infections after logging eight deaths since 2016
A Kagoshima hospital says its intensive care unit might be to blame for 15 cases of drug-resistant bacteria found in patients since 2016 that led to eight deaths.
New weapons in war against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
What if we've been breeding superbugs by taking the full course of each prescription?
Scientists seeking new ways to fight drug-resistant superbugs have mapped the genomes of more than 3,000 bacteria, including samples of a bug taken from Alexander Fleming's nose and a dysentery-causing strain from a World War One soldier. The DNA of deadly strains of plague, dysentery ...
Tokyo 2020 swimming venue polluted after prolonged summer rains, organizers say
Prolonged summer rain had temporarily brought high levels of bacteria to a venue intended for triathlon and marathon swimming at the 2020 Games, Tokyo Olympic organizers said Wednesday. The admission came during a visit by International Olympic Committee officials to assess Tokyo's readiness to host ...
C-section babies gets mom's birth canal 'protective' germs in U.S. study
Sharing bacteria in the operating room normally is a no-no but in a novel experiment, U.S. researchers are giving babies born by C-section a dose of presumably protective germs from the mother's birth canal. Humans share their bodies with microbes — on the skin, in ...
IOC agrees to carry out virus tests on Rio's Olympic water venues
The International Olympic Committee said Sunday it will begin testing for disease causing viruses in the sewage-polluted waters where athletes will compete in next year's Rio de Janeiro Games. Before, the IOC and local Olympic organizers in Rio said they would only test for bacteria ...
UCLA says almost 200 exposed to 'superbug' via endoscopes at Reagan medical center
A potentially deadly "superbug" resistant to antibiotics infected seven patients, including two who died, and nearly 200 others were exposed at a California hospital through contaminated medical instruments, UCLA reported Wednesday. A total of 179 patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center were exposed to ...
Superbug spread through contaminated endoscopes sickened dozens in Seattle
A drug-resistant superbug infected 32 people at a Seattle hospital over a two-year period, with the bacteria spreading through contaminated medical scopes that had been cleaned to the manufacturer's recommendation, officials said on Thursday. Eleven of the patients infected at Virginia Mason Medical Center between ...
An endangered orca found dead off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, earlier this month died after a failed pregnancy caused a bacterial infection, officials said Tuesday. Preliminary necropsy results show the 19-year-old killer whale known as J-32 was pregnant with a nearly full-term female calf that ...
Tsukuba team uncovers asthma-intestine mechanism
A team of researchers from the University of Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture has found a mechanism in which bad bacteria within mice intestines exacerbates asthma, fueling hope it can lead to a treatment for asthma in humans. The team, headed by Akira Shibuya, a professor ...
The fat and cholesterol found in a steak may not be the only components bad for the heart, according to researchers who have found another substance in red meat that can clog the arteries. The substance is called carnitine, and as bacteria in the gut ...
