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Sexually Transmitted Infection Mycoplasma genitalium Antibiotic Resistance Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Lisa Manhart
January 18, 2018 | Health News

An STI That You Probably Don't Even Know about Is Becoming Common and Resistant to Medications

By Melissa Matthews / Newsweek

You’ve likely never heard of, or been tested for it, but a sexually transmitted infection that’s fairly common could now be resistant to antibiotic medications. Mycoplasma genitalium, or MG, is not a new bacteria and was first identified in the 1980s. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is more common than gonorrhea and chlamydia, though it's not as easily recognized as the other two.

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Antibiotic Resistance Seattle Times One Health Food Systems
October 11, 2016 | Health News

Seattle Times Op-Ed: Deadly Overuse of Antibiotics in Our Food Chain

A report out of the United Kingdom found that, worldwide, antibiotic-resistant bacteria could kill more people per year by 2050 than cancer kills today.

By Paul Pottinger and Bruce Speight

THROUGHOUT its history, the United Nations General Assembly has convened to discuss major global threats, including nuclear proliferation, human-rights abuses and global climate change.

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Antibiotic Resistance Marilyn Robers Marilyn Roberts China Superbug
November 19, 2015 | Health News

Yahoo: New Superbug Resistant to Last-line of Antibiotics

Marilyn Roberts is quoted in this story by Marlowe Hood.

Paris (AFP) - Scientists warned Thursday of the "epidemic potential" of deadly and fast-spreading bacteria resistant to last-line antibiotics.

The new superbugs, found in southern China, could erase nearly a century of antibiotic protection against killer diseases born by common germs such as E. coli, the researchers reported in a study.