Harvard Team Cracks Code For New Drug Resistant Superbugs
Antibiotic-resistant superbugs, including methicillin resistant Staph. aureus (MRSA), have become household words. Antibiotic resistance threatens health and lives. Schools have been closed, athletic facilities have been scrubbed, and assisted living and day care centers have been examined for transmission of these bacteria. Since 2005, MRSA have killed over 18,000 people a year in the United States alone. To make matters worse, in 2002 a new MRSA with resistance to even the last-line drug vancomycin (VRSA) appeared... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Clinics provide birth control to millions
NEW YORK, May 24 (UPI) -- Publicly funded family planning clinics helps millions of U.S. women avoid unintended pregnancies and plan the timing of wanted pregnancies, researchers say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)