Medical Testing

Discovery of antibiotic-resistant superbugs in L.A. wastewater sparks worry Resistance to antibiotics could become the next pandemic unless action is taken, researchers say. Los Angeles Times

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Scientists worry that widespread resistance to antimicrobials would usher in an age when common infections and minor injuries can once again kill.

New frequency comb breathalyzer detects COVID-19 with excellent accuracy JILA researchers have upgraded a breathalyzer based on Nobel Prize-winning frequency-comb technology and combined it with machine learning to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection with excellent accuracy in 170 ... Science X

...Their achievement represents the first real-world test of the technology's capability to diagnose disease in exhaled human breath. Their study on this topic was published in the Journal of Breath Research.

As superbug infections grow more common, the world is running out of drugs to treat them Health officials are sounding increasingly urgent alarms about the need for powerful new drugs to treat increasingly resistant infections. NBC News

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