For more localized data on antibiotic resistance in your community, check out ResistanceOpen. It is an online platform developed by U.S. And Canadian scientists to monitor antibiotic resistance at the regional and international level. The site uses publicly available resistance data, online data from community healthcare institutions, as well as regional, national and international entities. For example, it’s European data is based on the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance network and Central Asian and Eastern European data is based on the Central Asian and Eastern European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance Network (CAESAR). It is also an open-collaboration database, where independent sources can contribute data. The site does not use individual level data.
If you are looking for a way to visualize the spread of antibiotic resistance globally, go to the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that focuses on health policy. The organization has created an excellent interactive map, called “ResistanceMap,” which is a web-based collection of data visualization tools. There is all kinds of information about the spread of 12 of the most dangerous antibiotic resistant bacteria, like carbapenem-resistant microbes. It also provides information about antibiotic consumption across the globe, which is a useful tool for understanding where antibiotic policies need to be focused. The map is funded with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Reporters can find potential stories by looking at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s antibiotic resistance investment map which provides details on superbug cases in the U.S. and worldwide. The CDC says its ResistanceMap is a collection of tools summarizing national and subnational data on antimicrobial use and resistance around the world. In 2015, ResistanceMap re-launched with a new design interface, expanded tools and the addition of antibiotic use and resistance data from several low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and South America. The map was most recently updated in January 2018.
For antibiotic resistance threats in the U.S., the CDC has a page, with lots of details on its program here. There are data and surveillance reports on active bacterial threats here.