Daily Star – An antibiotic-resistant superbug that can be spread either through food poisoning or sexual contact is running rampant throughout Australia. The disease, called shigellosis, is caused by the Shigella bacterium. It’s common around the world and causes bloody diarrhea, high-temperature fever, and severe stomach cramps.

Until recently it has been more of an inconvenience than a serious health concern, tending to clear up after a week or so. It has only been regarded as potentially life-threatening for the very young, or the very old. But in a new report published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, public health researchers at the University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia say the disease is mutating into a new and more worrying form. READ MORE