Total output from Germany rose for the first time in eight months "though the increase was only very modest as an upturn in the service sector was offset by a faster decline in manufacturing production", the survey said.

BBC: Eurozone manufacturing sees 'signs of moderating'

"It is a scary thing about any drug-resistant bacteria, when you grow it for the very first time out of a patient and you've only got three antibiotics, one so old that we had to bring it back from the archives, " says Col.

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