When antibiotics were first discovered in the 1940s, they were hailed as lifesaving wonder drugs preventing infections, but new strains of bacteria that are called superbugs have evolved, adapted and built up resistance. What does this mean for the future of modern medicine . That is this weeks cover story. They are called superbugs, strains of bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. They cause infections in 2 Million People in the United States each year and kill 23,000. Since they were discovered about 70 years ago, antibiotics have saved millions of lives, but they have been overused causing bacteria to evolve faster and leaving medications ineffective. If current antibiotics fail to kill bacteria and doctors can stop infections, many procedures like organ transplants, chemotherapy and major surgery could become higher risk. How did we get here . Nearly onethird of prescriptions for antibiotics are unneeded and incorrectly prescribed. For some germs, the biggest in the f
We begin with superbugs. When antibiotics were first discovered in the 1940s, they were hailed as lifesaving wonder drugs preventing infections, but new strains of bacteria that are called superbugs have evolved, adapted and built up resistance. What does this mean for the future of modern medicine . That is this weeks cover story. They are called superbugs, strains of bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. They cause infections in 2 Million People in the United States each year and kill 23,000. Since they were discovered about 70 years ago, antibiotics have saved millions of lives, but they have been overused causing bacteria to evolve faster and leaving medications ineffective. If current antibiotics fail to kill bacteria and doctors can stop infections, many procedures like organ transplants, chemotherapy and major surgery could become higher risk. How did we get here . Nearly onethird of prescriptions for antibiotics are unneeded and incorrectly prescribed. For some ge
Discovered in the 1940s, they were hailed as lifesaving wonder drugs preventing infections, but new strains of bacteria that are called superbugs have evolved, adapted and built up resistance. What does this mean for the future of modern medicine . That is this weeks cover story. They are called superbugs, strains of bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. They cause infections in 2 Million People in the United States each year and kill 23,000. Since they were discovered about 70 saved millions of lives, but they have been overused causing bacteria to evolve faster and leaving medications ineffective. If current antibiotics fail to kill bacteria and doctors can stop infections, many procedures like organ transplants, chemotherapy and major surgery could become higher risk. How did we get here . Nearly onethird of prescriptions for antibiotics are unneeded and incorrectly prescribed. In the food chain, and antibiotics are widely overused in Animal Agriculture to promote fast
Discovered in the 1940s, they were hailed as lifesaving wonder drugs preventing infections, but new strains of bacteria that are called superbugs have evolved, adapted and built up resistance. What does this mean for the future of modern medicine . That is this weeks cover story. They are called superbugs, strains of bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. They cause infections in 2 Million People in the United States each year and kill 23,000. Since they were discovered about 70 saved millions of lives, but they have been overused causing bacteria to evolve faster and leaving medications ineffective. If current antibiotics fail to kill bacteria and doctors can stop infections, many procedures like organ transplants, chemotherapy and major surgery could become higher risk. How did we get here . Nearly onethird of prescriptions for antibiotics are unneeded and incorrectly prescribed. For some germs, the biggest antibiotics are widely overused in Animal Agriculture to promote
In manchester here in nashua, fire houses, but says they cant until they have the other critical pieces in place, like a Recovery Center and specially trained counselors who can arrive on a moments notice around the clock, and start the process of recovery with a person. We dont have those pieces at this current time, and i know that wed love to get to that point, but were working to bridge that reporter so far this year nashua has recorded 521 overdose calls, 50 of those were fatal. Amy coveno, wmur news 9. Josh a salem mother new facing criminal charges after her daughter was accidentally run over by a car with her other driver. Police say her sister was mike . Reporter the mother turned herself in at Police Headquarters last night, now shes charged with several crimes. 27yearold amy bowham is facing two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and one count of allowing an improper person to operate a moat vehicle. According to salem police last tuesday, she gave her keys to her