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Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) occur in about one out of every 31 hospital patients. In 2015, the last year for which data...
Nov 21, 2019 | Erin Laird
Today, NACCHO released a commentary in response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) new report,...
Nov 13, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Earlier this week, the United States celebrated the success of The AMR Challenge during the United Nations General Assembly in New...
Sep 26, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
An investigation into an emerging strain of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Newport that was linked to beef obtained in the United...
Aug 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its public health partners in all 50 states are tracking and classifying...
Aug 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Pew Charitable Trusts, in partnership with Farm Foundation, released a comprehensive framework to ensure that antibiotics are used...
Jan 03, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
McDonald’s announced a new policy to reduce the overall use of antibiotics important to human health, as defined by the World...
Dec 28, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Antimicrobial drugs like antibiotics transformed medical care, rendering once life-threatening infections easily treatable and...
Dec 05, 2018 | Erin Laird
A new study published in the Journal of Food Protection by researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture found similar levels of...
Nov 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) occur in about one out of every 31 hospital patients. In 2015, the last year for which data are available, this resulted in 72,000 deaths attributed to HAIs. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health threat which compounds the challenge of HAIs. Antibiotic-resistant infections cause over 35,000 deaths each year and nine […]
Today, NACCHO released a commentary in response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) new report, Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019. The report shows that antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi cause more than 2.8 million infections and 35,000 deaths in the United States each year. That means, on average, someone in the […]
Earlier this week, the United States celebrated the success of The AMR Challenge during the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Launched in September 2018, the Challenge received nearly 350 commitments from 33 countries to implement specific actions to combat antibiotic resistance (also known as antimicrobial resistance or AMR).
An investigation into an emerging strain of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Newport that was linked to beef obtained in the United States and soft cheese (likely unpasteurized) from Mexico is described in the August 23 issue of CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. During June 2018–March 2019, CDC identified 255 people from 32 U.S. states who were […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its public health partners in all 50 states are tracking and classifying foodborne illness in a new way, using advanced technology called whole genome sequencing (WGS) to detect and stop outbreaks and combat drug-resistant bacteria. PulseNet, the national network of laboratories that detects outbreaks of foodborne […]
The Pew Charitable Trusts, in partnership with Farm Foundation, released a comprehensive framework to ensure that antibiotics are used judiciously throughout production to protect animal and public health. Essential to antibiotic stewardship and animal well-being are appropriate veterinary oversight; minimizing the need for antibiotics through biosecurity, good husbandry practices and other...
McDonald’s announced a new policy to reduce the overall use of antibiotics important to human health, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), which applies across 85% of McDonald’s global beef supply chain. These are the steps McDonald’s is taking as part of the new policy: First, McDonald’s is partnering with supplying beef producers in […]
Antimicrobial drugs like antibiotics transformed medical care, rendering once life-threatening infections easily treatable and reducing the risk of infection associated with surgery and chemotherapy. Advances in agriculture soon followed as farmers began using antimicrobial drugs to treat and prevent infections in their flocks and herds. However, overuse of these important drugs in both human and...
A new study published in the Journal of Food Protection by researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture found similar levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in ground beef raised with and without antibiotics. According to the authors of the study, their findings suggest that antimicrobial use in U.S. cattle production has “minimal to no impact on AMR […]
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