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	<title><![CDATA[Making Sure Our Antibiotics Work]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-louise-slaughter/making-sure-our-antibioti_b_228069.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>As a Microbiologist and a Member of Congress, I have been increasingly concerned with the recent rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria, or "superbugs." Quite simply, we are losing the ability to treat human infections and diseases because we have misused one of the greatest scientific products ever created. </p>

<p>Last March, I introduced the <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.1549:">Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act </a>(PAMTA) to address this critical problem and next week I am very excited to say that the Committee on...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-08-08T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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