Researchers have identified a previously unknown mechanism that drives the death of inner ear hair cells, the tiny sensory structures responsible for converting sound into brain signals. The discovery ...

Today in an update the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) announced 12 more measles cases in an ongoing outbreak, bringing the state total to 962 cases since last October. The outbreak’s ...

Late last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a new outbreak of extensively drug-resistant Salmonella infections tied to moringa leaf powder capsules. This is the ...

Waksman passed away on August 16, 1973, in Hyannis, Massachusetts. He believed in the healing power of the earth until his ...

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. Spreading from person to person through air, TB most often affects the lungs. It is ...

Streptomycin, the new wonder drug, was in the news again: ¶ Last August, the Army & Navy jointly bought 28 oz. (800,000,000 units—enough for about 800 man-days of treatment); in September they tried ...

All patients treated with streptomycin were hospitalized at the Massachusetts General Hospital or the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. ¶ They were selected on the basis of the infecting organism ...

The wonder drug, streptomycin, was at last ready for general distribution among 1,600 U.S. hospitals. Last week the Civilian Production Administration, the drug’s custodian, announced that current ...

During the past year, we have had the opportunity of treating 8 patients, ranging in age from three months to three years, with large doses of streptomycin for a prolonged interval. This report deals ...

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A coalition of environmental and farmworker groups is suing the US Environmental Protection Agency for allowing use of the medically important antibiotic streptomycin on citrus. The groups are ...