Public health officials from Nevada are reporting on a case of a woman who died in Reno in September from an incurable infection. Testing showed the superbug that had spread throughout her system could fend off 26 different antibiotics. “It was tested against everything that’s available in the United States … and was not effective,” said Dr. Alexander Kallen, a medical officer in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s division of health care quality promotion.

Public health officials from Nevada are reporting on a case of a woman who died in Reno in September from an incurable infection. Testing showed the superbug that had spread throughout her system could fend off 26 different antibiotics. “It was tested against everything that’s available in the United States … and was not effective,” … Read morePublic health officials from Nevada are reporting on a case of a woman who died in Reno in September from an incurable infection. Testing showed the superbug that had spread throughout her system could fend off 26 different antibiotics. “It was tested against everything that’s available in the United States … and was not effective,” said Dr. Alexander Kallen, a medical officer in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s division of health care quality promotion.

coalspeaker:The restaurant formerly known as Marrones on a snowy…

coalspeaker: The restaurant formerly known as Marrones on a snowy vacant day in Girardville PA #girardville #coal region I already posted this photo today .. but I was so moved by it I am positing it again. You have to imagine the scene.. Girardville Pennsylvania. One Saturday during the snow.. it was lightly coming down … Read morecoalspeaker:The restaurant formerly known as Marrones on a snowy…

The moon is older than scientists thought, UCLA-led research team reports

The moon is older than scientists thought, UCLA-led research team reports: “We have finally pinned down a minimum age for the moon; it’s time we knew its age and now we do,” said Mélanie Barboni, the study’s lead author and a research geochemist in UCLA’s Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences. The moon was … Read moreThe moon is older than scientists thought, UCLA-led research team reports