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antibiotics
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New CDC antibiotic resistance map is a potential source for story ideas
Looking for a local angle to cover antibiotic resistance? Reporters can find potential stories by looking at the Centers for…
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Unnecessary prescribing of dental antibiotics may be adding to C. diff cases
Potentially deadly Clostridium difficile (C. diff), which sickened an estimated half million Americans one recent year, has gained notoriety as…
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Antibiotic resistance in food-poisoning bacteria on the rise
A report released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration showed that an increasing number of Americans infected with the…
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AHCJ Atlanta panel discusses antibiotic resistance
The rise of deadly, drug-resistant superbugs is one of the world’s most pressing public health concerns. The dangerous development is…
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Webcast: Using NARMS Now, a CDC data tool on antibiotic resistance
This year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS Now), a database…
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Health care quality study: Good news, bad news and in between
Health plans had poor results last year on reducing the use of antibiotics and on ensuring that chemically dependent patients…
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Rather on drug resistance, psychology and Norwegian fish farms
Dan Rather Reports, HDnet’s investigative series, has devoted its latest episode to antibiotic overuse and the resistance it has created.…
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McKenna on A. baumanii, the latest resistant bug
On her Superbug blog, AHCJ board member Maryn McKenna works her explanatory magic on Acinetobacter baumanii, a drug-resistant bug whose…
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FDA opposes antibiotics overuse in animal feeding
Citing the dangers of drug-resistant microbes, newly appointed Food and Drug Administration chief Joshua Sharfstein testified against the over-use of…