As the infections become increasingly resistant to antibiotics, some standard treatments no longer work for an ailment that was once easily cured. Source: NYT > Business – Matt Richtel
Global Health: F.D.A. Approves the First Vaccine for Dengue Fever, but Limits Its Use
The agency placed restrictions on who can get the vaccine, Dengvaxia. Its use overseas has lagged amid concerns over rare safety risks. Source: NYT > Business – KATIE THOMAS
U.N. Issues Urgent Warning on the Growing Peril of Drug-Resistant Infections
A new report says the overuse of antimicrobial drugs in humans, animals and plants is fueling resistant pathogens that could kill 10 million people annually by 2050. Source: NYT > Business – ANDREW JACOBS
Culture of Secrecy Shields Hospitals With Outbreaks of Drug-Resistant Infections
The lack of transparency puts patients at risk, some say. Institutions say disclosure could scare some people away from seeking needed medical care. Source: NYT > Business – ANDREW JACOBS and MATT RICHTEL
Times Insider: Candida Auris: The Fungus Nobody Wants to Talk About
The medical community is usually eager to discuss public health issues. But the rise in drug-resistant microbes is cloaked in chronic secrecy. Source: NYT > Business – MATT RICHTEL
H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic
Scientists have long tried to duplicate the procedure that led to the first permanent remission 12 years ago. With the so-called London patient, they seem to have succeeded. Source: NYT > Business – APOORVA MANDAVILLI