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This Scanning Electron Micrograph Sem Depicts A Flagellated Vibrio Vulnificus Bacterium; Mag. 13184X. (BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images)

Flesh-eating bacteria infections rising

Bill Sullivan - The Conversation
Computer illustration of Candida fungi (yeast). The most common representatives of Candida fungi are C. albicans and C. auris with similar morphology. (Getty Images/ KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Four fungi that threaten public health

Troy Farah
Shorthair cat lying on front in bed looking bored (Getty Images/Kilito Chan)

How a cat parasite conquered the world

Troy Farah
Scanning electron micrograph of HIV particles infecting a human H9 T cell (Getty Images)

Viruses have a mind of their own

Ivan Erill - The Conversation
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Antibiotics are placed in petri dishes filled with bacteria. In the dish on the left the bacteria will not develop near the antibiotics. In the right petri dish, antibiotic resistant bacteria are growing. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

No Operation Warp Speed for antibiotics

Arthur Allen - KFF Health News
Contractors working for Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by the Arizona State Senate, examine and recount ballots from the 2020 general election at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 1, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Maricopa County ballot recount comes after two election audits found no evidence of widespread fraud. (Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images)

Arizona audit delayed by COVID outbreak

Jon Skolnik
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A festering complaint

Fred Schulte, Elizabeth Lucas, Joe Mahr - KFF Health News
Angelina Jolie (Getty/Fabrice Coffrini)

Jolie's Bell's Palsy diagnosis

Alessandra Maldonado
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(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-96482p1.html'>Valeri Potapova</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Joanna Rothkopf
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Lindsay Abrams
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FCDIEP - Popular Science
Illustration of Clostridium difficile (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Francie Diep - Popular Science
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