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Post-surgery infections may mainly be caused by skin bacteria

The skin microbiome may be a bigger cause of post-operative wound infections than bacteria contaminating hospital equipment

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A scanning electron micrograph of Enterococcus faecalis bacteria, which can infect surgery site wounds

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Oral vaccine prevents recurring UTIs for nine years

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Persistent pain after a UTI may be due to an overgrowth of nerve cells

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A human skeleton at a prehistoric burial site in southern Brazil, where evidence of bacteria similar to syphilis have been found

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Syphilis-like bacteria found in 2000-year-old human remains in Brazil

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Membrane-destroying drug works against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

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Probiotics help treat recurring urinary tract infections

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Honeypot ants (Camponotus inflatus) hanging from the ceiling of a nest, engorged with nectar

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Honey made by ants could treat some bacterial and fungal infections

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C. difficile spore in gold emerges from a bacterium in turquoise

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New antibiotic may clear Clostridium difficile and stop reinfection

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MRSA could be prevented with genetically engineered antibodies

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (13403526be) Demonstrators with the Millions Missing organization gather outside of the White House on September 19, 2022, laying down on the sidewalk in an act of civil disobedience to call for urgent governmental action for the millions of people living with myalgic encephalomyelitis, long-term COVID, and other infection-associated, complex- chronic diseases. Civil Disobedience Health Care Protest At White House, Washington, d.c., United States - 19 Sep 2022

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Long-neglected chronic conditions finally come into the spotlight

Growing evidence that long-term conditions like myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia are caused, wholly or in part, by viral infections is good news for millions of people

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A protest outside the White House, Washington DC, in September 2022 urging government action for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis, long covid and other infection-associated chronic conditions

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We’re starting to understand how viruses trigger chronic conditions

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Health workers treat people with cholera at a hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi, in January 2023

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Global cholera outbreak: More than 1 billion people are at risk

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Lesbian couple with newborn child hugging.

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A single injection could protect babies against RSV over winter

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A person receives a smallpox vaccine to protect against monkeypox in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in August 2022

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How the covid-19 pandemic helped tackle Ebola and monkeypox in 2022

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