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Ciudad Juárez.- En los próximos días, la Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios (Cofepris) intervendrá para realizar las pruebas sobre la investigación de las tres denuncias por negligencia médica de los casos de pacientes afectados por la bacteria pseudomonas aeruginosa en el área de Hemodiálisis del Hospital General de Zona 35 del Instituto […]
A small boat motors down Sitka Channel in Sitka on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) Six Southeast Alaska communities are getting renewed wastewater discharge permits that require better controls of bacteria flowing into the receiving waters, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday. The communities – Haines, Skagway, Sitka, Wrangell, Ketchikan and […]
Bacteria on a sample from the Ryugu asteroid, viewed with an electron microscope Matthew J. Genge et al. 2024 A rock from the asteroid Ryugu that was brought back to Earth appears to be festooned with microbial life. But these microbes almost certainly came from Earth rather than outer space, say researchers. This contamination serves […]
Toothbrushes and showerheads in American homes are teeming with viruses known as bacteriophages (bacteria eaters), a new study has found. Many of these “phages” – as they’re known for short – have never been identified before. The researchers, from Northwestern University in Illinois, swabbed 92 showerheads and 36 toothbrushes. They described what they found as […]