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03/05/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Antibiotics FAIL: Yaws bacteria develops resistance and is making a comeback

Yaws isn’t a superbug yet, but newly-available research indicates it has joined the club of antibiotic-resistant diseases. This development will require the World Health Organization to revise its ongoing eradication strategy, warned a Science Daily article. Endemic to tropical parts of Africa, Asia, and South America, yaws is a bacterial infection that affects the skin, […]

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