Pandemics: From 1918—To The Future return to home page
To truly understand the full effects of past and potential pandemics, we need to have a good understanding of Evolutionary Biology:
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Children's Health: New Stubborn Ear Infection Resistant to Drugs. Listen to this story by Richard Knox, Morning Edition, October 17, 2007. Doctors in Rochester, New York, have discovered a new strain of bacteria that's causing ear infections in children.
Drug-Resistant Germ A Killer
Report Finds Rising Toll - 19,000 Deaths A Year - From Infection That Usual Antibiotics Can't Stop
Combined Wire Services. October 17, 2007. It now appears a dangerous type of staph infection is probably killing more Americans each year than AIDS. Hartford Courant.
October 18th: Deadly Germ, But It Can Be Beaten: