Gastrointestinal infections with the drug-resistent bacteria C. difficile have become epidemic in health care settings. An odd-sounding treatment, fecal transplants, appears to help, but how should the government be regulating it?
The story of how smallpox was eradicated provides a remarkable testament to the power of vaccination.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that a dozen antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” pose a massive threat to human health, and urged the scientific community to act quickly to research new antibiotics against the most concerning pathogens.
