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Evolution is making us sick and for the first time we can stop it

Far from being a slow process, evolution can act fast and is responsible for major health problems from cancer to antimicrobial resistance. Now we have the power to end it

Features

How worried should you be about a new 'superbug' STI?

Health

How worried should you be about a new 'superbug' STI?

Analysis

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Health

Cash and competition make doctors prescribe fewer antibiotics

News

Resistant bacteria growing in petri dishes

Health

How some resistant bacteria can even eat antibiotics as food

News

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria cross oceans hidden in cargo ships

Health

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria cross oceans hidden in cargo ships

News

Doctors who prescribe homeopathy ignore other medical guidelines

Health

Doctors who prescribe homeopathy ignore other medical guidelines

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STI testing ad

Health

Unsafe sex and STIs are rising when they really shouldn't be

Insight

A surfer

Health

Surfers may be swallowing bacteria and spreading it to others

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Technology

Robofish floats about tracking antibiotics in the Great Lakes

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False-colour x-ray of the abdomen showing the large intestine (colon)

Health

Activated charcoal drug can protect microbiome from antibiotics

A special formulation of activated charcoal can soak up excess antibiotics, protecting beneficial gut bacteria and potentially preventing diarrhoea

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Health

Tackling resistant malaria may fuel antimicrobial resistance

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Technology

Eight great accidents in scientific discovery

Features

Health

Why the latest advice on stopping antibiotics is long overdue

Analysis

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Old Scientist: Want something new to worry about?

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