Deadly bacteria defy drugs, alarming doctors
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 00:28
in Health & Medicine
A new category of bugs becomes more resistant to treatment, and their toll -- which already includes a Brazilian beauty queen -- is expected to rise. When Ruth Burns had surgery to relieve a pinched nerve in her back, the operation was supposed to be an "in-and-out thing," recalled her daughter, Kacia Warren.