Berserk leprosy bacteria are wildly mutating to become extremely drug resistant

Enlarge / “Brah, sloweth thy roll!” From a manuscript by early medical writer Roger of Salerno (c.1200). (credit: Getty | Hulton Archive) An ancient bacterium known for devastating and disfiguring its victims has turned to frantically ravaging its own genome to maintain its killer status, according to a new study. Arran Reeve, suffering from leprosy, […]

Lola’s Resistant Dignity

This article is part of a series of responses to Alex Tizon’s Atlantic article “My Family’s Slave.” The full series can be found here. For another historical perspective, please see Micki McElya’s essay on how Lola’s story echoes the American “faithful slave” narrative. Alex Tizon’s essay “My Family’s Slave” has stirred considerable controversy. Readers have […]

Russia developing alternative to antibiotics to fight resistant superbugs – health minister to RT

Published time: 29 Apr, 2017 15:33 Russia is currently developing new drugs that may provide an alternative to classic antibiotics, Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova told RT, while acknowledging that illnesses resistant to antimicrobial and antibiotic drugs are becoming a major problem. Read more “The issue of antimicrobial resistance is really on the rise… It is […]