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As gonorrhea becomes untreatable, a repurposed vaccine may prevent it

Enlarge / A scanning electron micrograph of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. (credit: NIH) An existing vaccine that prevents meningococcal disease may also be up to 40 percent effective at preventing gonorrhea infections, which are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, with some strains completely incurable. This discovery is according to a series of studies and commentaries published Tuesday in […]

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No, bad leftovers didn’t cause teen’s life-threatening infection, amputations

Enlarge / A metal ladle is used to serve takeout Chinese food from a plastic container, Lafayette, California, December 25, 2021. (credit: Getty | Gado) Medical experts are calling out a rotten batch of news articles that wrongly claimed spoiled leftover Chinese food caused a teen to develop a life-threatening infection within hours, which led […]