Antibiotics Resistance

Treating a World Without Antibiotics?

Stanley M. Bergman | Posted 03.30.2012

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Stanley M. Bergman

Because of the overuse of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance is developing all of the time. With microbial evolution outpacing human invention, a nightmare scenario is possible. And this isn't just science fiction.

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Cargill's Tainted Turkey: Just the Tip of the Iceberg?

Andrew Gunther | Posted 10.05.2011

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Andrew Gunther

My concern is that this outbreak is yet another stark warning that we are on the verge of a world where antibiotics will no longer work, and where common bacterial diseases will once again kill unabated.

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Is Big Agriculture Contributing to Antibiotics Resistance in Humans?

Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney | Posted 08.22.2011

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Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney

Does the agricultural use of antibiotics contribute to their diminishing effectiveness in people? The debate over Big Agriculture's use of antibiotics is becoming a culture war of facts.

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Montana, Could Your Congressman's Actions Someday Make Your Child Sick?

Laurie David | Posted 08.08.2011

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Laurie David

Why should parents take more chances of their children getting sick because we are squandering their best medicines to fatten animals faster? Is this really what Montanans elected their sole congressman to do?

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Antibiotics In Animal Feed Blamed For Dangerous Antibiotic Resistance

AP | By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 07.25.2011

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NEW YORK -- A "growing and dangerous" trend of antibiotic resistance among humans that has been traced in part to the overuse of antibiotics in animal...

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8 Large NIH Trials Seek To Preserve The Usefulness Of Antibiotics

NIH/NIAID | Posted 11.17.2011

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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced four new contracts for l...

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Antibiotic-Free Meat: Is the FDA Finally Catching Up to the American Consumer?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jennifer Grayson

The beauty of our system is that when government lags behind, we as American consumers still have the power to direct the marketplace by the products we buy -- or don't buy.

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