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Lehman Hall Harvard University 2016 mumps

In the Lab By Rebecca Ostriker and Deirdre Fernandes — The Boston Globe

Real estate developer reneges on multimillion-dollar pledge to Harvard-led Covid project

Moderna syringes Texas

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

At Davos, a ‘good news, bad news’ message emerges about Covid-19

First Opinion By Hillary Omala and Eddah Ogogo

Fighting Covid-19 in Kibera, one of Africa’s largest informal settlements

box of N95 masks

Health By Mike Stobbe — Associated Press

CDC encourages more Americans to consider N95 masks

Shkreli

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Martin Shkreli is ordered to pay $64 million and is banned from the pharma industry for life

First Opinion By Jason Silverstein

Eliminating the FDA’s blood donation ban on men who have sex with men would help ease the U.S. shortage

Pharmalot Coming/Going STILL

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: Senate committee advances Califf FDA nomination; bedraggled Biogen writes a shopping list

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Antibiotic Resistance

Health By Erin Mershon

Antibiotic prescriptions drop, especially for kids, but decline depends on where you live

Candida auris

Health By Helen Branswell

A ‘perfect storm’ superbug: How an invasive fungus got health officials’ attention

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STAT SPOTLIGHT

Biotech By Meghana Keshavan

Startup Spotlight: Playing Pac-Man with CRISPR

antibiotic resistance Streptococcus pneumoniae

In the Lab By Shayla Love

Scientists seek a way to predict antibiotic resistance

Hospital Sink

Hospitals By Helen Branswell

Hospitals installed more sinks to stop infections. The sinks can make the problem worse

antimicrobial resistance

First Opinion By Henry A. Waxman and Bill Corr

Waste from pharmaceutical plants in India and China promotes antibiotic-resistant superbugs

Chicken Antibiotics

Health By Helen Branswell

Loopholes on animal antibiotics may undermine battle against superbugs

United Nations Security Council

Health By Helen Branswell

World leaders pledge to tackle superbugs, but set no specific targets

Superbug Gene

Health By Helen Branswell

Global leaders are set to put superbugs on the world stage

Peniciilin

Health By Carl Zimmer

The surprising history of the war on superbugs — and what it means for the world today

E Coli

In the Lab By Helen Branswell

Investigators find another superbug case in the US

Escherichia coli

Health By Lindzi Wessel

Superbug resistant to two last-resort antibiotics found in US for first time

Noses

In the Lab By Anna Vlasits

This smells promising: Nasal bacteria pump out a new antibiotic that kills MRSA

Health By Hyacinth Empinado

Watch: See how a superbug is created

Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhea

Health By Helen Branswell

Gonorrhea may soon become resistant to all antibiotics and untreatable

Signal Episode 13: Microbe Army

Signal Podcast By Meg Tirrell and Luke Timmerman

Listen: Episode 13: The superbugs are winning the battle against us

Superbug Q And A

Health By Associated Press

Earliest known case of antibiotic-resistant superbug found in NY

Piglets

Health By Andrew Joseph

Scientists discover new threat to antibiotic of last resort

Escherichia coli

Health By Helen Branswell

Superbugs for dummies: Explaining the battle between bacteria and antibiotics

Antibiotics Pharmacy

The Pharmalot View By Ed Silverman

Cash prizes for pharma are needed to fight superbugs

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

FDA will collect sales data on antibiotics used for food-producing livestock

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Nearly one-third of antibiotics are prescribed unnecessarily

Paul Allen

In the Lab By Sharon Begley

Billionaire Paul Allen bets $100 million on risky scientific research