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Deadly Superbugs Pose Increasing Threat to Kids

Deadly Superbugs Pose Increasing Threat to Kids

By David Wallinga, MD Kids can die from superbugs, just as adults do. But a new study last week was among the first I’d seen to dive more deeply and specifically into how this superbug crisis threatens your kids. The study’s findings, which the author called “ominous,” appeared in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious […]

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    Deadly Superbugs Pose Increasing Threat to Kids

    Deadly Superbugs Pose Increasing Threat to Kids

    By David Wallinga, MD Kids can die from superbugs, just as adults do. But a new study last week was among the first I’d seen to dive more deeply and specifically into how this superbug crisis threatens your kids. The study’s findings, which the author called “ominous,” appeared in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious […]

    92% of World’s Population Breathes Toxic Air

    92% of World’s Population Breathes Toxic Air

    By Nadia Prupis More than 90 percent of people on the planet live in places where air pollution levels are dangerously high, and millions of people are dying as a result of the exposure, according to new research from the World Health Organization (WHO) released Tuesday. A polluted Christmas Day at Anyang Normal University, China.V.T. […]

    World Health Organization Reports Air Pollution Killed 7 Million People in 2012

    World Health Organization Reports Air Pollution Killed 7 Million People in 2012

    In new estimates released Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported about 7 million people died as a result of air pollution exposure in 2012. Low- and middle-income countries in the WHO South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions had the largest air pollution-related burden in 2012, with a total of 3.3 million deaths linked to […]