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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

'Superbugs could erase a century of medical advances,' experts warn

'Superbugs could erase a century of medical advances,' experts warn
Drug-resistant "superbugs" represent one of the gravest threats in the history of medicine, leading experts have warned. Routine operations could become deadly "in the very near future" as bacteria evolve to resist the drugs we use to combat them. This process could erase a century of medical advances, say government doctors in a special editorial in The Lancet health journal.

Man dies of MERS coronavirus in Qatar
A man in Qatar has died from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS), becoming the third recorded fatality from the virus in the Persian Gulf state, health officials said.  

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