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Lawmakers Take Aim at Link Between Antibiotics for Livestock and Infections in Humans
A new bill would grant the FDA greater authority to police antibiotics that are used for livestock but feared to contribute to drug-resistant infections in humans.
March 3, 2015
Coming in March on FRONTLINE
FRONTLINE investigates two heated battles in March: the fight against ISIS, and the resurgent vaccine debate.
February 25, 2015
UCLA Superbug Infection Linked to 2 Deaths; 179 Potentially Infected
Contaminated medical scopes at a UCLA medical center may have exposed up to 179 people to a potentially deadly superbug.
February 19, 2015
CDC Urges Measles Vaccinations as Number of Cases Exceeds 100
Director Dr. Thomas Frieden blamed a lack of vaccinations for the resurgence of a disease that the CDC said was eliminated in the U.S. in 2000.
February 2, 2015
Obama Budget Would Double Federal Spending to Fight Superbugs
Drug-resistant bacteria infect an estimated 2 million Americans, claiming about 23,000 lives each year.
January 27, 2015
How Climate Change May Lead to Bigger Blizzards
With every winter storm, including the blizzard hitting the Northeast this week, climate change skeptics return to a familiar argument: If the world is getting warmer, why am I stuck out here, shoveling so much snow?
January 26, 2015
How Has the World Warmed Where You Live?
Last year was the warmest year in recorded history. Here's how that change has played out across the globe.
January 22, 2015
2014 Was the Warmest Year On Record, NASA and NOAA Say
But the main takeaway, say climate scientists, is that it continued an even longer-term trend of rising global temperatures.
January 16, 2015
Exclusive Video: Where the Ebola Outbreak Began
When a 1-year-old boy named Emile came down with a mysterious illness in late December 2013, the village of Meliandou, Guinea, reacted with terror and confusion.
December 29, 2014
New Report Details the Economic Costs of Superbug Threat
Drug-resistant infections could cost 10 million deaths annually and up to $100 trillion by 2050, an economist projects.
December 10, 2014
Superbugs Killing Thousands of Newborns in India
A new study says 58,000 Indian infants died last year from antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
December 4, 2014
Senators Ask FDA to Track Antibiotic Use on Farms
The request comes after FRONTLINE investigated whether the widespread use of antibiotics on farms helps create infections that kill 20,000 people each year.
November 13, 2014