New CDC Report on Alarming Rates of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
Every year in the United States, 2 million people acquire an antibiotic-resistant infection. Of those, at least 23,000 die as a result. That’s according to an alarming report released last week by the...
View ArticlePrecision Drugs for Bad Bugs
Awareness is high that antibiotic resistance is a critical problem, but many still don’t appreciate the role played by antibiotics themselves in accelerating this problem’s spread. Single antibiotics...
View ArticleNew CDC Tool to Track Antibiotic Use & Resistance
Antibiotic resistance is quickly becoming one of the most serious threats facing our health care system. Last fall, the CDC issued a report which found that 2 million people acquire an antibiotic...
View ArticleBIO Participating in IDSA Stakeholder Group on Antimicrobial Resistance
BIO will be participating in a newly formed partnership which will work collaboratively to inform federal policy and find ways to better combat the growing crisis of antimicrobial resistance. Launched...
View ArticleCDC Report: C. diff Infections Associated with 29,000 Deaths per Year in US;...
Last month, the CDC released a new study on the impact of microbial super bug Clostridium difficile (C. diff) with some very disturbing findings. The study found that 29,000 deaths in the U.S. were...
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