Predatory bacteria can wipe out superbugs, says study

Predatory bacteria - that eat others of their kind - could be a new weapon in the fight against superbugs, say UK researchers. ? READ MORE......

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Hospital fined after safety failings led to dementia patient?s death

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has been fined ?366,000 after the death of a patient on a specialist dementia ward. ? READ MORE......

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PHE (8 December 2016). Quarterly Epidemiological Commentary: Mandatory MRSA, MSSA and E. coli bacteraemia, and C. difficile infection data (up to July-September 2016).

E. coli bacteraemiaThe counts and rates of all reported E. coli bacteraemia has increased steadily since the inception of mandatory surveillance of E. coli bact...

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Legionnaires' disease identified at hospital in Gloucester

A patient may have become infected with Legionnaires' disease while at a hospital's dialysis unit. ? READ MORE......

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Patient at Kane McKeesport Center tests positive for Legionella

A resident of Kane McKeesport Center has tested positive for Legionella, officials said today. Dennis Biondo, executive director of Kane Regional Centers, said...

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Engineers design a new weapon against bacteria

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Over the past few decades, many bacteria have become resistant to existing antibiotics, and few new drugs have emerged. A recent study from a U...

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