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How to Boost Your Child’s Immune System This School Year

How to Boost Your Child’s Immune System This School Year

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Back-to-school time means kids will come home with sniffles, sneezes, and coughs. While there isn’t a way to keep them healthy all the time, and no one has a cure for the flu or common cold, there are some simple and natural things you can do to boost your child’s immune system so you can…
Why Antibiotics Don’t Work on Colds

Why Antibiotics Don’t Work on Colds

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Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock)If you’ve been sick with a cough and a sniffly nose for a few days, you might show up at the clinic desperate for something that will make you feel better. But if all signs point to your cold being an ordinary virus (or even a nasty virus like COVID or flu), antibiotics…
Antibiotic Use Ran High In Early Days Of COVID-19, Despite Viral Cause

Antibiotic Use Ran High In Early Days Of COVID-19, Despite Viral...

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Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic antibiotics were frequently prescribed to seriously ill patients, even though the disease is caused by a virus. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic antibiotics were frequently prescribed to seriously ill patients, even though the disease is caused by a…
To Discover The Next Antibiotic, Researchers Offer Old Drugs A Brand-new Function

To Discover The Next Antibiotic, Researchers Offer Old Drugs A Brand-new...

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Scientists are exploring new drugs that can fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as MRSA. Rodolfo Parulan Jr./Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Rodolfo Parulan Jr./Getty Images Scientists are exploring new drugs that can fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as MRSA. Rodolfo Parulan Jr./Getty Images With antibiotic-resistant bacteria on the rise, scientists are urgently trying to find drugs…
Bugs Vs. Superbugs: Pests Deal Guarantee In Battle Versus Antibiotic Resistance

Bugs Vs. Superbugs: Pests Deal Guarantee In Battle Versus Antibiotic Resistance

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Scientists have isolated a molecule with disease-fighting potential in a microbe living on a type of fungus-farming ant (genus Cyphomyrmex). The microbe kills off other hostile microbes attacking the ants' fungus, a food source. Courtesy of Alexander Wild/University of Wisconsin hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Alexander Wild/University of Wisconsin Scientists have isolated a molecule…

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