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Human Resources will host a family-friendly workshop on breastfeeding from noon to 1 p.m. July 22 in Stewart Center, Room 204.
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With antimicrobial resistance on the rise, many infections once easily treated are becoming fatal. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) is to blame for more than 5% of all deaths attributed to antibiotic-resistant infection in the U.S., second only to MRSA. Researchers are now exploring whether they could repurpose some drugs, which have already been approved by the FDA, to treat the infection.
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Cockroaches are serious threats to human health. They carry dozens of types of bacteria, such as E. coli and salmonella, that can sicken people. And the saliva, feces and body parts they leave behind may not only trigger allergies and asthma but could cause the condition in some children. A Purdue study now finds evidence that German cockroaches are becoming more difficult to eliminate as they develop cross-resistance to insecticides. |
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The World Health Organization warns that antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest global threats and predicts that worldwide death rates from this threat could skyrocket past 10 million a year by 2050, becoming more deadly than cancer, which kills 8.2 million people worldwide each year. Purdue researchers are developing a method of combating that antibiotic resistance through self-disinfecting surfaces that would kill bacteria, even those known as superbugs.
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Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world. | |
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