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Underlying all these outbreaks is the same Darwinian mechanism: unusual weather such as dry spells in wet areas or torrential rains in normally dry spots tends to favor so-called opportunistic pests--rodents, insects, bacteria, protozoa, viruses--while making life more difficult for the predators that usually control them. Episodes of extreme weather are routinely followed by outbreaks of plagues, both old and new. Among the most recent examples...
...microbe that is responsible--Cyclospora cayetanensis--doesn't come from the relatively familiar world of viruses and bacteria. Instead, it hails from the strange realm of protozoa--single-celled organisms that have complex, multistep life cycles and are big enough to be seen under an ordinary microscope. Protozoa are usually found in ponds and moist, humid places like garden soil. There are many different types of protozoa, but this particular strain was not identified until the early 1990s...
...International, an Ann Arbor-based industry watchdog group. Some filtering systems, she notes, merely improve the water's taste by getting rid of relatively harmless inorganic chemicals like sulfur or chlorine. Others do a creditable job of removing lead but aren't designed to purify water tainted by bacteria or other pathogens. And many of the most popular systems need to have their filters frequently replaced, or owners will wind up running their tap water through the high-tech equivalent of a dirty sponge...
...week Florida officials arrested Jennifer's seemingly devoted mother Kathleen Bush and charged her with aggravated child abuse and fraud. According to authorities, Bush, 38, deliberately caused her daughter's ailments by dosing her with unprescribed drugs, tampering with her medications and even contaminating her feeding tube with fecal bacteria. As a result, say officials, Jennifer was subjected to dozens of needless operations and invasive procedures. Bush has denied all charges...
...approved a pair of drugs to HELP CURE ULCERS, not just treat symptoms. An antibiotic taken with an antacid kills off the bacteria implicated in causing most ulcers...