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A final post from the Superbug blog, with sincere thanks to readers, colleagues and editors.
Read MoreA new report from Doctors Without Borders excoriates the international response to Ebola, and at the annual TED conference, Bill Gates outlines how to do better next time.
Read MoreThe social disruption and fear created by the Ebola epidemic in Africa may open the door to a second, larger epidemic, of measles.
Read MoreFast food giant McDonald’s volunteers to buy only chicken raised without routine antibiotic use, a move likely to shake up both the food industry and agriculture.
Read MoreHealth care workers who caught Ebola while treating its victims in the US and in Africa continue to struggle with poor health and the stigma of the disease.
Read MoreThe director of “Resistance,” a new documentary about antibiotic over-use in medicine and agriculture, explains why we should be worried that drugs no longer work.
Read MoreThe poultry industry responds to a farmer who let animal activists into his barns, and then filed for whistleblower protection
Read MoreA factory farmer who let animal-welfare activists film inside his barns files for whistleblower protection so he can keep farming.
Read MoreA report from a front-line Ebola fighter working in Liberia shows how much remains to be done to beat the terrifying disease.
Read MoreA UK project that raised eyebrows last year with its dire estimate of how many deaths antibiotic resistance will cause returns with a recommendation for global investment in the problem.
Read MoreThe President’s 2016 budget asks for ambitious funding to fight antibiotic resistance, and combatting that healthcare peril may be the one thing both parties can agree on.
Read MorePakistan records its first polio case in 2015, and may become the planet’s last refuge for the crippling disease.
Read MoreWe think of epidemics in terms of illnesses and deaths, but the damage they do to national and household economies could last far longer.
Read MoreIn 2014, people over-reacted to Ebola crossing the world, and under-reacted to other diseases that travel. In 2015, we could do better.
Read MoreHappy holidays, constant readers. If you’re like many people, you may be preparing to take a trip, maybe for a break from winter, maybe just to see family. As you’re getting ready, making sure to decant the toiletries and pack the presents unwrapped, here’s one thing not to forget: your vaccinations. Really, this is important. […]
Read MoreA project commissioned by the British government gives the estimated costs of antibiotic resistance: 10 million deaths per year, $100 trillion lost global GDP.
Read MoreA factory farmer takes the extraordinary step of opening his barn to an animal-welfare activist, and they vow to work together for change.
Read MoreA just-published analysis says pharma companies are evading the FDA’s hoped-for curbs on antibiotic use in meat production.
Read MoreHow can an average person slow down the advance of antibiotic resistance? A healthcare coalition asks you to buy an antibiotic-free Thanksgiving turkey.
Read MoreThe US is now Ebola-free, but the disease continues to flourish in Africa — and the track of one new outbreak shows how complicated tracking it has become.
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