Superbugs

Superbugs Threatening More Children, 'Supermoms' Targeting Antibiotic Use On Farms

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Mrsa, Superbugs, X Factor, Fda, Drug Resistant Bacteria, Green News

Everly Macario recalls the "primal shriek" her son released one fateful April morning in 2004. By the end of the day, Simon Sparrow, who had not yet t...

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Superbug Suit: Antibiotics Victory Will Preserve Medicines for Sick People, Not Healthy Livestock

Peter Lehner | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Factory Farms, Antibiotics, Farming, Fda, Sustainable Food, Livestock, Superbugs, Fda Antibiotics, Antibiotics Livestock 2012, Antibiotics Livestock, Green News

While conscientious doctors do their best to limit the use of unnecessary antibiotics, the livestock industry continued its indiscriminate use of these powerful medicines.

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Can "Superbug" Slime From Stratosphere Solve Earth's Power Problem?

Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Fuel Cell, Video, Electricity, Space Bugs, Space Bacteria, Superbugs, Power, Bacteria, Space Germs, Germs, Science News

By: InnovationNewsDaily Staff Published: 02/23/2012 04:24 PM EST on InnovationNewsDaily A U.K.-based research team has created a fuel cell that ...

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Antibiotics in Your Food: What You Need To Know

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Antibiotics, Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotics in Meat, Superbugs, Green News

During the height of the cold weather months, people count on antibiotics to fight bacterial infections. What they may not know is that current overuse of antibiotics is making bacteria more rapidly resistant to "essential antibiotics."

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Going Hog Wild: Weaning Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs Out Of Pork

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Staph Infection, Organic Food, Livestock, Agriculture, Superbugs, Mrsa, Pigs, Cafo, Antibiotics, Pork, Green News

After nearly succumbing to an antibiotic-resistant infection contracted from one of his hogs, Russ Kremer went cold turkey. He exterminated his diseas...

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Antibiotic Use In Farm Animals Still Broadly Unaddressed Despite 'Fanfare' For FDA Move

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Organic Farming, Infectious Diseases, Livestock, Superbugs, Mrsa, Antibiotics, Factory Farms, Fda, Cephalosporins, Green News

The Food and Drug Administration's latest move concerning the use of antibiotics in farm animals garnered a good deal of praise last week, but public ...

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'Green News Report' - January 5, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Antarctica, Fracking, Epa, Nigeria, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Power Plants, Iran, Innovation, Dioxin, Fda, Green News Report, Pollution, Chevron Ecuador, Coal, Sharks, Offshore Drilling, Antibiotic Resistance, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Insurance, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Superbugs, Food Politics, Africa, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Chevron, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Farming, Maple Syrup, Factory Farming, Nuclear Power, Brazil, Ecuador, Chesapeake Bay, Environmentalism, Subsidies, New York, State Department, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Food, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Extreme Weather, Video, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Riots ove...

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What's in Your Christmas Ham?

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Pamta, Antibiotic Resistance, Sustainable Agriculture, Christmas, Superbugs, Food News

Before you sit down to your holiday ham this season, think on this -- nearly half of pigs on U.S. farms carry MRSA, a "super bug" that causes all kinds of tough-to-treat infections.

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Do You Know Where Your Turkey's Been?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Holidays, Green Holiday, Turkey, Thanksgiving, Factory Farms, The Infection Loop, Fda, Antibiotic Resistance, Organic Food, Mrsa, Superbugs, Turkey Antibiotics, Louise Slaughter, Antibiotics, Usda, Food and Drug Administration, US Department of Agriculture, Green News

As families across America adorn their dinner tables with plump, juicy turkeys this Thursday, they've likely given little thought to what their future...

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'Green News Report' - September 22, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Cap and Trade, Fracking, Gasland, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Climategate, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Bill Clinton, Fukushima, Nuclear Energy, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Energy Efficiency, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Protests, Green News, Sustainability, Heatwave, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, Russia, House of Representatives, Lisa Jackson, House Energy Committee, Factory Farms, Superweeds, Coal, Rick Perry, Monsanto, Chernobyl, Antibiotic Resistance, Tar Sands, Drought, Oil Spill, Africa, Superbugs, San Francisco, Bpa, Elijah Cummings, Gmos, Poverty, Darrell Issa, Subsidies, BP Oil Spill, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S VERY SCARY RADIO REPORT...

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Superbugs Are Still Winning: Second Cargill Recall Underscores Concern, GAO Report Suggests Feds Aren't Doing Enough

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Organic Farming, Livestock, Mrsa, Superbugs, Factory Farms, Antibiotics, The Infection Loop, Salmonella, Gao, Gao Report Antibiotic Resistance, Green News

Just days after Cargill announced its second major recall in the last two months of ground turkey linked to antibiotic-resistant salmonella, a new re...

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Factory Farming Is Manufacturing Superbugs -- and Endangering Us All

Johann Hari | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Factory Farming, Superbugs, Factory Farm, Factory Farms, Antibiotics, Green News

The squandering of life-saving antibiotics is one example of a bigger trend hijacking global politics. Small groups of rich people, determined to maximize profits, are buying or bamboozling politicians into serving their interests and into ignoring ours.

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How Decades Of Farm Animal Antibiotics Led To Deadly Superbugs

Grist | Barry Estabrook | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Farming, Animal Antibiotics, Food Lawsuits, Superbugs, Food Politics, Antibiotics, Food Safety, Fda, Usda, E. Coli, Antibiotics in Meat, Food News

... Even though Levy had added only tetracycline to the feed, his chickens had somehow developed what scientists now call "multi-drug resistance" to a...

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When The Drugs Don't Work

Reuters | Kate Kelland and Ben Hirschler | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Drug-Resistant Superbugs, Drug Resistant Infection, Superbug Crisis, Drug Resistant, Superbugs, Super Bugs, Superbug Problems, Drug-Resistant, Drug Resistant Bacteria, Drug Resistant Superbugs, Home News

By Kate Kelland and Ben Hirschler David Livermore is in a race against evolution. In his north London lab, he holds up an evil-smelling culture...

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Last-Ditch Method At Fighting Superbug On The Rise

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Superbug C-Diff, C Diff Diarrhea, C Diff Infection, C Diff Super Bug Treatment, C Diff Contagious, C Diff Super Bug, C Diff Symptoms, Superbugs, Intestinal Superbug, Home News

WASHINGTON — A superbug named C-diff is on the rise, a germ that so ravages some people's intestines that repeated tries of the strongest, most ...

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Drug Resistant Superbugs Found In 3 States

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Drug Resistance, Drug Resistant, Urinary Tract Infections, Urinary Tract Infection Antibiotics, Superbugs, Antibiotics, Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Health, Healthy Living News

BOSTON — An infectious-disease nightmare is unfolding: Bacteria that have been made resistant to nearly all antibiotics by an alarming new gene ...

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Eco Etiquette: 5 Green Ways To Fight That Cold

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Sustainable Packaging, Reusable Toilet Paper, Kleenex, Hand Sanitizer, Superbugs, Antibiotic Resistance, Phthalates, H1n1, Seventh Generation, Natural Cold Remedies, Pulp and Paper Industry, Alternative Medicine, Green News

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. It seems like every time ...

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Green News Report -- March 2, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport Now available via Stitcher Radio's way cool app! Listen on your iPhone, Android, Palm Pre and BlackBerry! IN TODAY'S RADI...

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CBS Investigates Threat of Animal Ag's Antibiotic Abuse

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Farm Animals, Superbugs, Food Politics, Katie Couric, Factory Farms, Antibiotics, Pork, Drug Resistant Bacteria, CBS Evening News, Green News

CBS Evening News with Katie Couric took a revealing look at the dangerous U.S. agribusiness practice of feeding antibiotics to billions of farm animals virtually every day of their lives.

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Making Sure Our Antibiotics Work

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, House of Representatives, Superbugs, Mrsa, Agriculture, Antibiotics, Louise Slaughter, Agribusiness, Industrial Agriculture, Pamta, Politics News

We are losing the ability to treat human infections and diseases because we have misused one of the greatest scientific products ever created.

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Long-Term Thinking About Future Health: Seven Trends That Should Concern Us

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massachusetts Health Reform, Physician Reimbursement, Transhumanism, Primary Care, Climate Change, Futurism, Health, Superbugs, Health Economics, Medicaid, Underutilization, Medicare, Health Reform, Global Warming, Politics News

Seven current healthcare trends include doctors leaving the public system, a shortfall in primary care, underutilization of medical treatment, "superbugs," virtual health care, climate change, and radical self-redesign and enhancement.

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