Posts Tagged ‘antibiotic resistance’
Clean Hands Prevent Disease
With winter upon us, we probably each know someone who is battling a bad cold right now. Viruses tend to abound during the cold months, and everywhere you go, people are sneezing, sniffling, and coughing. If you have a cold, what’s the best way to prevent others from catching it? Handwashing. If you’re feeling fine,…
Read MoreAntibiotic Resistance: Why It’s a Problem
What’s one of the greatest threats to global health, food security, and development today? According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it’s antibiotic resistance. Since their discovery in 1928, antibiotics have been a crucial part of health care. Conservative estimations have the life-saving effect of penicillin, the first antibiotic, at up to 200 million lives.…
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