World Action Needed to Prevent Widespread Antibiotic Resistance

World Action Needed to Prevent Widespread Antibiotic Resistance Since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, we have used antibiotics against a host of infections. But now, doctors are finding that more and more bacteria are resistant to even the stron

VOA慢速英语 2008 0102a

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Even minor cuts can become infected if they are left untreated. Any break in the skin can let bacteria enter the body. An increasing number of bacterial skin infections are resistant to antibiotic medic

2007年VOA标准英语-Antibiotic Resistance Fast-Growing Problem Worl

By Carol Pearson Washington 28 February 2007 watch Antibiotic Resistance report Penicillin and Erythromycin are examples of antibiotics that used to be one-time miracle cures. These drugs and other antibiotics are now less effective because bacteria

VOA标准英语2011--Lawsuit Filed to Stop Antibiotic Use in

Lawsuit Filed to Stop Antibiotic Use in Healthy Livestock American health advocates have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. food regulatory agency to stop a practice they believe is contributing to the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections worldwide.

SSS 2011-09-29

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. They say all roads lead to Rome. Unfortunately that ain't all that roads lead to. A new study shows that roads can promote the spread of antibiotic-resis

VOA常速英语2008年-Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Poses Threat to P

By Ruth Reader Washington, DC 13 February 2008 There is growing concern around the world over illnesses caused by new antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or so-called superbugs, and the decreasing effectiveness of antibiotics to treat infections. Earlier

SSS 2009-03-19

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Imagine antibiotics that would never lose their punch. New research focuses on drugs that bacteria simply cant resist. Most antibiotics work by killing p

SSS 2011-08-15

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Conventional poultry farms use antibiotics extensively, which contributes to the rise of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. But farms that turn to organic

2006年VOA标准英语-Drug Resistant TB Is More Widespread Than Previ

By Jessica Berman Washington 24 December 2006 A new study by the World Health Organization has found drug-resistant tuberculosis in virtually all of the 79 countries the organization surveyed around the world, with particularly high levels in countr

VOA标准英语2010年-Antibiotic Resistance Called Growing T

Vidushi Sinha | Washington, DC 18 May 2010 The World Health Organization calls antibiotic resistance one of the three greatest threats to human health. Experts fear antibiotic resistance puts humans in danger of becoming nearly defenseless against so

VOA标准英语2011--Antibiotic Alternative Treats Urinary Infection in Mice

Antibiotic Alternative Treats Urinary Infection in Mice Researchers have a new approach for treating urinary tract infections, a painful condition which can often be treated successfully with antibiotics. But many times, the infection is caused by st

VOA标准英语2010年-US Government Highlights Antibiotic Mi

A leading U.S. government health agency is focusing an annual campaign on educating patients, parents, and health care providers about the need to avoid the misuse of antibiotics. Inappropriate use of antibiotics can lead to superbugs that resist dru

科学美国人60秒 SSS Bacteria Can Be Resistant to Brand-New Antibiotics

Bacteria Can Be Resistant to Brand-New Antibiotics 谁在对抗最新的抗生素 Perhaps the chief poster child of antibiotic resistance is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. The bacterium is impervious to a suite of antibiotics,

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Abuse, Overuse of Antibiotics Creates Public Health Crisis

Rosanne Skirble Before the discovery of antibiotics in the 1940s, millions of people died routinely of staphylococcus and streptococcus and more serious bacterial infections like meningitis, pneumonia

瑞典报告称北京雾霾有60余种耐药菌

Scientists have identified bacterial genes that lead to antibiotic resistance, including several that can be resistant to most powerful antibiotics, in air samples from Beijing, which is frequently cloaked in heavy smog, 科学家已经在北京的空气

研究人员利用海藻研发抗生素

LONDON, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- UK researchers are trying to use the antimicrobial properties of seaweeds from the country's coastline to develop a new generation of antibiotics in a bid to fight the growing threat of resistant superbugs, according to a

正确使用抗生素有助现代医学

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Using antibiotics correctly will help conserve an essential part of modern medicine, the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general's special representative for antimicrobial resistance said. A world without

北京雾霾暗藏超级细菌 吓坏居民

BEIJING A report that Beijings already notorious smog contained bacteria with antibiotic-resistant genes spread through the city last week like pathogens in a pandemic disaster movie. 北京上周，有一则新闻就像是传染病灾难片中的病原

New Study Warns of Widespread 'Superbugs'

Indian health officials have rejected a new medical study warning of widespread drug-resistant bacteria in the country's capital. But the co-author of the study says Delhi is in denial, and warns the bacteria can spread easily around the world, possi