Off The Grid News Better Ideas For Off The Grid Living

A “Superbug” has the US government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extremely concerned. Several antibiotic-resistant infections including ones dubbed “nightmare bacteria” and “super gonorrhea” are killing nearly 25,000 Americans every year. Some medical experts and the CDC believe ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a warning about a particular strain of bacteria that is wreaking havoc in hospitals across the U.S. It is called Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE for short. The name of the ...

Samples of pork from six cities have shown heavy contamination with five distinct bacterial strains and an often-banned controversial growth-enhancing drug, according to Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports magazine. According to the report, out of 148 pork chop samples ...

Imagine getting sick one day, assuming it is the plain old flu, and being so sick a few days later that you are admitted to the hospital. No treatments work, you get sicker and sicker, and everyone you encounter also ...

Mankind has spent the last 6000 years or so trying to subdue and conquer the forces of nature, while nature has spent the same amount of time frustrating and confounding these efforts. Man’s attempt to master the natural world has ...

On January 10, 1984, Americans first got to see three older women gathered around a seemingly impressive looking hamburger in a fast-food restaurant that proudly proclaimed themselves “The Home of the Big Bun.” After two of them marvel at the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — 34 years after issuing a warning about overuse of antibiotics in farm animals, the FDA has finally decided to take its own advice. As a result, the agency issued an order prohibiting certain uses of the cephalosporin ...

There is no disputing that antibiotics can be lifesavers. For those suffering from dangerous bacterial infections, taking these medicines may very well be necessary, and there may not be any good alternatives available in many cases. Any sane medical system ...

Few preppers would argue that a medicine cabinet checklist is one of the most important components of your emergency-preparedness plan. After a major disaster, you can count on the fact that local pharmacies will suffer the same fate as food ...