by Mac Slavo | Apr 23, 2019 | Headline News
Antibiotic resistance is becoming a larger problem in developed parts of the world such as the United States. The overuse of antibiotics has caused a sort of evolution effect to occur in certain types of bacteria. They have become much harder to kill with...
by Mac Slavo | Apr 22, 2019 | Headline News
The state of Georgia is experiencing a statewide viral outbreak. Hepatitis A is spreading across the state as 250 cases of the infection have been identified. That’s more than four times the number of infections in 2017. The Georgia Department of Public Health...
by Mac Slavo | Apr 10, 2019 | Headline News
A mysterious E. coli outbreak has spread to 5 states and sickened 96 people. On Tuesday, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak is continuing to spread and get worse. Escherichia coli (abbreviated as E. coli) are bacteria which...
by Mac Slavo | Feb 27, 2019 | Headline News
Dr. Jonathan Quick, chair of the Global Health Council, told Raconteur that people-to-people contact makes an outbreak more dangerous. And right now, there’s nothing more terrifying than a new virus, likely one that jumps from animals to humans unexpectedly...
by Mac Slavo | Feb 12, 2019 | Headline News
Nearly 100 children have died in during the most recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Health officials are warning that it isn’t over yet as the disease continues to infect more people and spread further. “We are at a crossroads,” Heather...
