Enlarge / The plague bacteria, Yersina pestis, is a close relative of the toxin-producing species studied here. reader comments 32 Life-forms with no brain are capable of some astounding things. It might sound like sci-fi nightmare fuel, but some bacteria can wage kamikaze chemical warfare. Pathogenic bacteria make us sick by secreting toxins. While the ..
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reader comments 49 with Share this story An alarming outbreak of extensively drug-resistant bacteria linked to eye drops has now sickened 68 people across 16 states, according to the latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 16 people have been hospitalized, eight have lost vision, and four have had their ..
Enlarge / A COVID-19 testing tent stands in Times Square on April 27, 2022, in New York City. reader comments 233 with 115 posters participating Share this story Enduring an initial omicron infection may not spare you from omicron’s subvariants, according to preliminary data from South Africa. The country is currently at the start of ..
reader comments 20 with 15 posters participating Share this story Smoking can really clog up the lungs, even for people who’ve never been near a cigarette. Turns out that smoking habits from the early 1900s are still inflicting damage—not on tobacco users or their families, but on people with cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is ..
Enlarge / Travelers at the United Terminal 7 at LAX airport as people prepare to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday. reader comments 363 with 163 posters participating Share this story Cases of COVID-19 are high and getting higher in the US as Americans head into a holiday week marked by nationwide travel and jam-packed family ..
Francine Orr | Getty Images reader comments 255 with 106 posters participating Share this story Last month, a 46-year-old military veteran in Houston died of pancreatitis, an urgent but treatable condition, while waiting to be admitted to a hospital overwhelmed with unvaccinated COVID patients. Last week, the governor of Hawaii signed an executive order releasing ..
reader comments 96 with 52 posters participating Share this story Medicare is cutting payments to 800 hospitals around the country for having relatively high rates of infections and injuries among their patients, according to an analysis by Kaiser Health News. That’s the highest number of penalties in the five years that the federal government has ..
Enlarge / Viral gold. reader comments 59 Share this story Plumbing the depths of women’s bladders may shower researchers with viral gold. In a wee survey, Loyola University Chicago researchers found the sac-like organ brimming with never-before-seen viruses that can kill and manipulate bacteria. Their findings, published this week in the Journal of Bacteriology, offer ..