Will Australia’s Flesh-eating Bacteria Hit The Us?

Newsweek, Raw Story: Science
Sat, 09/23/2017 - 5:47am

Australia is facing a flesh-eating disease epidemic. What’s worse, health professionals don’t fully understand how it’s spread, according to infectious disease expert Daniel O’Brien, who works at the Royal Melbourne and Geelong hospitals in Victoria, Australia. Considering how little is known about ...

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