The Last Drug That Can Fight Gonorrhea Is Starting to Falter
Data gaps, funding cuts, and shyness about sex let gonorrhea gain drug resistance. There are no new treatments yet. ..
Data gaps, funding cuts, and shyness about sex let gonorrhea gain drug resistance. There are no new treatments yet. ..
The epidemic has largely subsided, but largely because queer men seem to have learned more from AIDS and Covid-19 than the authorities did. ..
The US is more alert to the risks of strep infections, but the UK has better data. It’s not clear which makes more difference in controlling disease. ..
New evidence indicates that an effort to stamp out disease-carrying insects is working. The key? Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind. ..
Antimicrobials cost as much to develop as other drugs, but don’t earn the same returns. Congress could give drugmakers a boost, but time is running out. ..
The Covid virus can infect many animal species. The variant that tore through human populations last winter may have previously circulated in rodents. ..
Climate change is disrupting delicate arctic habitats, which could unearth frozen viruses and transport them elsewhere. ..
Pathogens in soil are a danger to firefighters, but smoke may transport spores that cause valley fever and other infections into cities too. ..
For every person paralyzed, hundreds or thousands could be infected. It’s a setback for the long-overdue plan to eradicate the virus from the world. ..
Following a White House declaration of emergency, the US is at a crossroads in how it responds to the virus. Each scenario has wildly varying results. ..