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Klebsiella bacteria

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Woman dies from infection resistant to all available antibiotics

Incurable bacterial infections are on the rise worldwide, but 90 per cent of multi-resistant infections in the US can still be beaten by at least one drug

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A hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata)

Life

Bird-loving vampire bats develop taste for human blood

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Attack of the household products: Hygiene’s hidden risks

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Attack of the household products: Hygiene’s hidden risks

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Dishing the dirt: How clean does your home really need to be?

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A woman in a doctors surgery getting a vaccination

Humans

Gender equality is boosted by better infection control

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Patient in hospital bed

Health

One in 20 European patients catch an infection while in hospital

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Black widow spider

Life

Virus steals black widow poison gene to help it attack

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Electron micrograph showing amoebas in orange

Life

Brain-eating amoebas hunt brain chemical before they kill you

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A man sleeps in an artificially lit factory

Health

Herpes infections are worse if contracted at the end of the day

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Travel warnings for pregnant women

Health

Pregnant women travel warning as Florida Zika cases rise to 14

Following 10 further cases of Zika thought to be contracted in Florida, pregnant women have now been told to avoid a so-called “transmission area” in Miami

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Life

Lung bacteria's sense of touch tells them when to turn nasty

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Health

Gene editing could destroy herpes viruses living inside you

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Health

Zika virus prompts increase in unsafe abortions in Latin America

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Technology

Drop in Google searches reveals success of chickenpox vaccine

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