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This 2006 colorized scanning electron micrograph image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the O157:H7 strain of the E. coli bacteria. (Janice Carr/CDC via AP)

EU: ‘Alarming’ Superbugs a Risk to People, Animals and Food

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 22, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

European disease and safety experts warned on Wednesday that superbug bacteria found in humans, animals and food pose an “alarming” threat to public and animal health having evolved to resist widely used antibiotics. A report by the European Food Safety...

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Half a Million Iraqis in Mosul Live in Difficult Conditions

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 1, 2016 | Middle East

Nearly half a million residents of the city of Mosul in northern Iraq are facing a “catastrophic” situation due to the lack of drinking water and electricity. Clashes between Iraqi forces and ISIS fighters are also taking place in the city. The UN Humanitarian...

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Saudi medical staff leave the emergency department at a hospital in the center of the Saudi capital Riyadh on April 8, 2014.(AFP PHOTO/FAYEZ NURELDINE)

Opinion: Keep Calm and Carry On

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Apr 16, 2014 | Opinion

The more people there are, the more problems they have. We live in a time of peak population saturation; the land is full of people wherever you go. According to estimates, the world population broke the 1 billion mark in 1804. In the 20th century that number more...

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Piles of garbage lie uncollected on the streets of Aleppo. (Asharq Al-Awsat photo)

Disease Spreads as Aleppo Becomes a Landfill

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Mar 6, 2013 | Features

Aleppo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Choked, chaotic Aleppo: two years ago this was the mercantile capital of Syria, now it is a city made medieval by war. Since last summer there has been no grid power in the neighborhoods controlled by the Free Syrian Army (FSA), and as the sun...