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The World Health Organization calls antibiotic-resistant bacteria “one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity.” Now, US researchers have found a gene that could potentially signal a superbug onslaught. Researchers from the University of Georgia’s Center for Food Safety (CFS) collected sewage water from an urban area …

Oregon health officials have announced three cases of Candida auris, a rare fungal infection that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have described as posing a “serious” concern for the world. Officials confirmed the three cases in Oregon on Tuesday, the first in the state. The original case …