医学英语轻松学 第2期:感染

Antibiotic-resistant germs cause more than two million illnesses and at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S. 抗生素抗药性细菌会引发200多万种疾病，每年有至少2.3万名美国人因此而死亡。 Inappropriate prescribing of a

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2014 受污染药物导致印度人死亡

AS IT IS 2014-12-03 Indian Deaths Blamed on Tainted Drugs 受污染药物导致印度人死亡 Laboratory tests have confirmed that tainted drugs killed at least 13 women and sickened many others at a government-operated camp in India. The drugs were

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

SSS 2011-03-25

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? It's been more than a decade since the human genome was published. And some critics have wondered where the promised medical applications are. Well, a review article in

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

【趣谈英语】秃鹰不止是丑鸟-Vultures Aren’t Just Ugly Birds

Pre-Listening Vocabulary scavenger: one that searches for or feeds on discarded or dead matter carcass: dead body of an animal take for granted: to not appreciate someone or something antibiotic: a type of drug that kills off tiny, harmful organisms

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

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - Illegal Marketing of Dr

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The world's largest drug company has agreed to pay almost two and a half billion dollars for illegal marketing of medicines. The settlement between Pfizer and the United States Justice Department was

VOA慢速英语2016 美国发现超级细菌 抗生素均无效!

This Superbug is Too Strong for Antibiotics 美国发现超级细菌 抗生素均无效! Doctors have identified a powerful bacteria that cannot be killed with antibiotics. 医生已鉴定出一种无法被抗生素杀死的强大细菌。 The bacter

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

2007年VOA标准英语-Drug-Resistent Tuberculosis Gains Strength in R

By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 21 March 2007 watch Tuberculosis Russia report Russia is among the 22 countries in the world with the highest rate of tuberculosis. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) says that after years of decline during

VOA标准英语2012--Antibiotics Breed Drug Resistance in Pigs

Antibiotics Breed Drug Resistance in Pigs Pigs given low doses of antibiotics had more E. coli in their guts, and that bacteria showed an increased resistance to antibiotics, according to new research. The study confirms the routine practice of feedi

VOA标准英语2010年-Use of Antibiotics in Livestock Debate

Animals in many large livestock-raising operations around the world get a small but steady dose of certain antibiotics in their feed. Doctors around the world are finding it harder and harder to cure some infections. Bacteria are developing resistanc

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2012--Tough TB Responds to Drug Treatment

Tough TB Responds to Drug Treatment An antibiotic used to treat severe infections shows promise against a very resistant and deadly form of tuberculosis. XDR-TB is resistant to at least four of the drugs used most often against the disease. Extensive

VOA常速英语2016--胡须上的细菌帮助发现新抗生素

胡须上的细菌帮助发现新抗生素 Widespread use of antibiotics for conditions that don't require them has spurred mutations in bacteria strains, turning them into so-called superbugs. 抗生素的滥用引发细菌产生变异，成为所谓的

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

2006年VOA标准英语-Cholera Drug Tested Successfully, but Pand

By David McAlary Washington 07 June 2006 Children collect water in Luanda, Angola Researchers in Bangladesh have tested a drug that cures cholera in most patients, showing that it is a useful new weap

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Drugmakers and antibiotics 制药商和抗生素 The path of least resistance 最省事的办法 Governments reckon that drug firms' research efforts need a shot in the arm 政府认为需要鼓励药企的研发工作 A GROWING worry in medicine is