Unsafe levels of E. coli found in Philadelphia's waterways including Delaware, Schuylkill rivers, report says

Scattered water quality tests on the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers found some unsafe levels of E. coli bacteria.

More than half of monitored Pennsylvania waterways had unsafe E. coli levels last year, group says

Several waterways across Pennsylvania tested high for E. coli, environmental groups said.
Science Daily

Resistant E. coli rises despite drop in ciprofloxacin use

After a nearly threefold drop in prescriptions for the antibiotic ciprofloxacin between 2015 and 2021, the rates of ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli bacteria circulating in the community did not ...
Observer-Reporter

Report: Some Greene, Fayette streams test positive for E. coli

Local streams were among those found to exceed safe levels of E. coli in a new report published by a Pennsylvania environmental group. The report by Philadelphia-based PennEnvironment Research and ...
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Investigational CRISPR therapy succeeds in patient with drug-resistant E coli

The CRISPR therapy, SNIPR001, was administered following a single-patient emergency investigational new drug application.

Scientists uncover a hidden mechanism that drives RNA synthesis

Scientists have long been fascinated by two promising classes of antibiotics that disable RNA polymerase (RNAP). They knew that these drugs could grind gene expression to a halt in several pathogens, ...

Mutation hotspots help 'friendly' viruses outmaneuver the bacteria in your gut

Every 15 minutes, someone in the U.S. dies from a drug-resistant superbug. A few decades from now, antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections threaten to become the leading cause of death worldwide, ...