New Tapeworm Drug

A new drug from China appears to be effective in getting rid of a number of intestinal worms, a problem that plagues more than a billion people around the world.

Worms cause anemia, weight loss among infants and malnutrition, and they can retard mental and physical growth. As a result, they can exact a huge economic burden on affected communities.

Making matters worse, over time these parasites have become increasingly resistant to the handful of available drugs, posing an urgent need to find new medicines to fight them.

- China tests new drug to fight intestinal worms
article at Yahoo News

What’s this about new drug-resistant parasites?

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