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antibiotics
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Another brewing infectious disease threat and looking to COVID-19 for solutions
The threat of antibiotic resistance continues to grow in 2022. Reporters looking for new angles on how to cover this brewing…
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Overprescribing of antibiotics prevalent in early times of pandemic
Are you looking for new COVID-19 story angles and stories beyond the current pandemic? Pay attention to “superbugs,” the term…
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Studies examine dental ailments as a driver of prescription abuse
Spurred by concerns about opioid addiction and antibiotic overuse, experts have urged clinicians across health care disciplines to take a…
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Tips for covering the latest news about antimicrobial resistance
The danger of antibiotic resistance became clearer in November with the release of new figures showing that antibiotic resistance is…
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CDC: Update of national antibiotic resistance figures due next month
Since 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been saying that, in their conservative estimate, at least…
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Dentists urged to reduce prescriptions of pre-treatment antibiotics
Across America, dentists write about 10% of all antibiotic prescriptions, data show, making them the top specialty prescribers of antibiotics…
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How a journalist overcame challenges of covering antibiotic resistance
Since the dawn of antibiotics, there has been antibiotic resistance. Until about 20 years ago, this threat remained muted because…
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Scientists look for new antimicrobials and urge government incentives
Researchers are looking to old drugs, plants and viruses in a race to find new ways to kill disease-causing microbes…
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Panel to look at challenges of fighting superbugs
Since antibiotics were widely introduced in the mid 1940’s, scientists warned of microbes’ innate ability to evolve and develop resistance.…
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Antibiotic resistance highlighted at World Conference of Science Journalists
Alexander Fleming developed penicillin, the first antibiotic, in 1928. In less than a century, scientists have developed more than 130…
