Medicine

Scrutinizing soil samples, US researchers have discovered a new class of antibiotics capable of killing drug-resistant, disease-causing bacteria.

This brand-new antibiotic class, called malacidins (short for metagenomic acidic lipopeptide antibiotic-cidins) has been isolated from bacteria that live in soil.

European officials said on Tuesday that the spike in the number of measles cases in Europe was due to epidemics in Romania, Italy, Germany and Greece.

According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, more than 14,400 cases were reported by 30 countries last year - compared with about 4,600 cases the year before.

Iran slaughtered 25 million chickens after the recent appearance of bird flu cases in the country, the Iranian Labor News Agency (ILNA) reported on Feb. 12. 

About 10 % of schools in the country have no nurses assigned, the BNR said.

One fifth of educational establishments have signed contracts with medical staff who work simultaneously in 2-3 schools and kindergartens on a timetable and there are no full-time medical care. The availability of healthcare facilities is regulated in the Health Act.

If one could channel all the psychological strain, the tension and the passion generated by the Novartis bribery case into some growth-inducing goal instead, the results would be impressive.

After the peak of the flu, 120,000 people are currently ill and at least 100 of them have severe respiratory failure. This was stated in Nova TV by Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev from the Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases in "Health Bulgaria".

Bull killed a shepherd in the village of Yagnillo in Varna. The incident happened on Wednesday.

The man was with a herd of sheep when he was lethally attacked by the nearby animal.

The bull is owned by a local breeder.

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is not hospitalized, reports Focus, citing the Press Center of the Military Medical Center in connection with inquiries about whether the prime minister was accommodated in the hospital.

A draft bill laying the ground rules governing cannabis production in Greece was submitted to Parliament on Wednesday.

The bill, a document prepared jointly by officials at the Health, Economy, Agriculture and Justice ministries, seeks to end the country's reliance on foreign imports of medical cannabis.

Scientists at the Queen Mary University in London say India is a potential "incubator for superbacteria," Newsru reported.

These bacteria are not affected by existing antibiotics.