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In 2013, NASA discovered a bacteria evading its most stringent disinfections. Scientists just figured out how it does it.

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The trillions of microbes that live in the human gut may play a larger role in health than previously thought, according to new research by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The article, published ...

NEW YORK — Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists.