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25% of antibiotics prescribed in the US are unnecessary

A surgeon washing their hands at a hospital

HIDING IN THE PIPES

A report by the NIH Clinical Center shows how stealthy multi-drug-resistant bacteria can be

The McDonald's Restaurant Store Museum is seen in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines

BEEFING UP HEALTH

McDonald’s just gave doctors a reason to love its restaurants

CANADIAN ANTIBIOTIC-FREE BACON

Canada just took a major step to stop antibiotic resistance on farms

The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking.

Bacterial superbugs hitched a ride on the International Space Station

Young boys collect mushrooms at a foraging festival, some 60 kilometers south of Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2017.

THE FUNGUS AMONG US

All relationships should be as mutually fulfilling as the one between humans and fungus

The food safety system is working.

CHAOS AS MEDICINE

Scientists are using chaos to try and beat E. coli

Woman sneezing

NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT

Scientists believe we could cure the common cold in the next 10 years

Healthy Holstein dairy cows feed at a farm in central Washington (Reuters photo/Jeff Green)

MICROSCOPIC GOBLINS

New Zealand is about to use the nuclear option to beat a dairy-cow disease

A scientist wearing a mask and gloves as she counts pills in a basin in a lab setting.

We took 65% more antibiotics in 2015 than we did in 2000