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bacteria

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Editorial illustration of a medieval plague doctor standing in a shadowed, empty European street

MEDICAL HISTORY

Why Was the Plague So Deadly?

the plagueblack death

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Cinematic microscopic scene showing antibiotics targeting harmful bacteria inside the body

Health

How Do Antibiotics Work?

Antibiotics fight bacteria, not viruses. Here's how they get into your body, find the infection, and shut bacteria down.

healthantibiotics

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Editorial illustration of a hand covered in colorful visible bacterial colonies

WHAT IF

What If Bacteria Were Visible?

bacteriamicrobiome

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