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07/10/2018 / By Carol Anderson

Flesh-eating bacteria thrives on your suffering; the chemicals you release when in excruciating pain actually feed them

If the word flesh-eating bacteria isn’t scary enough, try bacteria which find happiness – or more accurately, satiation – when you’re in pain. It appears that the popular flesh-eating bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes does not only cause strep throat but also initiates a disease called necrotizing fasciitis. According to previous research, a certain type of toxin is being released […]

05/29/2018 / By Carol Anderson

SCARY: Children infected with malaria are more attractive to other mosquitoes because of specific odors released from their skin

Recent research has shown that children who are infected with malaria are more attractive to malaria-carrying mosquitoes as compared to healthy kids. It stated, children who were infected with a malaria parasite, Plasmodium, emit a specific odor which attracts mosquitoes even more. Although the finding is truly alarming, this allowed researchers to conduct further studies […]

05/13/2018 / By Carol Anderson

220 cases of “nightmare bacteria” with antiobiotic-resistant genes recorded in 27 states

Antibiotic resistance has been an issue for years now but is still being taken too lightly by many. According to recent findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 220 cases of “nightmare bacteria” have been found in 27 states across the U.S. These bacteria reportedly have special genes that make […]

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