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10/02/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

WHO warns world running out of synthetic antibiotics, but refuses to acknowledge power of natural herbal antibiotics

The rise in antibiotic resistance has now reached the point where the World Health Organization feels the need to announce that the planet is running out of antibiotics. Not enough new antibiotics are being developed, according to their report, particularly when it comes to treating antibiotic-resistant infections. This is indeed concerning. WHO Director General Tedros […]

12/06/2016 / By outbreaknews

Incurable: Gonorrhea outbreak in Hawaii showing increased antibiotic resistance

At least seven patients from Hawaii are suffering from what health experts fear may eventually become an incurable outbreak of gonorrhea. The sexually-transmitted disease (STD) is typically treatable with antibiotic drugs like ceftriaxone and azithromycin, but growing antibiotic resistance is rendering these drugs increasingly ineffective, including in each of these cases. CNN reports that the […]

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