Antibiotic-resistant 'Indian' superbug reaches Australia

A.l. Zanahs

There have been at least three Australian patients who have contracted the new bacterial gene which is highly resistant to antibiotics, says experts.

Aug 12, 2010 5:23PM

Girl from Adelaide dies from meningococcal disease

Health officials recently reported the death of a 22-month-old girl from Adelaide who has just died due to meningococcal disease

May 18, 2010 2:23AM

Doctors misjudging the seriousness of a simple fever

Doctors nowadays underestimates the seriousness of a fever of their children patients.

Apr 28, 2010 5:26AM

Could germs be making you fat?

(Reuters) - Germs that make their home in the gut may help cause obesity and a range of health-threatening symptoms that go along with it, researchers reported ...

Mar 05, 2010 9:59AM

Drug-resistant bacteria on increase in U.S.: study

Cases of a drug-resistant bacterial infection known as MRSA have risen by 90 percent since 1999, and they are increasingly being acquired outside hospitals, res...

Nov 24, 2009 9:24AM

Study exposes how bacteria resist antibiotics

Julie Steenhuysen

Scientists have discovered how bacteria fend off a wide range of antibiotics, and blocking that defense mechanism could give existing antibiotics more power to ...

Sep 11, 2009 2:03PM

Drug-resistant bacteria may come home from hospital

Patients with potentially deadly drug-resistant bacteria that they pick up in the hospital often carry the infection to home health care settings after hospital...

Aug 11, 2009 11:41AM