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A new and deadly drug-resistant yeast, Candida auris, has been identified in 13 U.S. states and across the globe, according to the Centers for Disease...
Feb 03, 2017
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A study published in the journal PLOS ONE has found that one of the worst insect pests to attack corn and cotton, the corn worm (also commonly...
Oct 22, 2014
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria evolve with the overuse of antibiotics, ‘superweeds’have evolved resistance to commonly used herbicides, and now a...
Jun 12, 2014
A new report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) found that antibiotic-resistant resistance in bacteria is widespread around the world, presenting significant risk to human populations...
Mar 20, 2014
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A study out of Iowa State University, published this year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has documented the...
Nov 13, 2013
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A panel convened by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health released a report recently warning that the use of antibiotics puts...
Oct 28, 2013
Resistance to two more pesticides has been discovered in the United States, according to a recent study entitled “Field Strains of Monilinia fructicola Resistant to Both MBC and DMI...
Sep 20, 2013
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Since the introduction of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) into genetically modified (GM) crops in 1996, scientists have feared...
Sep 17, 2013
A new report by the CDC details the threats of antibiotic resistant diseases on the public. One of the factors contributing to antibiotic resistance is the broad application of low doses of...
Aug 26, 2013
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A recent study published in New Phytologist found that glyphosate-resistant crops that cross with closely related wild weeds could confer a...
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