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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
WHO Report: TB Epidemic "Even Bigger Than We Thought"
Treatment for drug resistant TB hasn’t kept pace, and some nations are facing epidemics.
October 22, 2014
How Congress Has Tried to Regulate Antibiotic Use in Animals
It's not just the current Congress. For more than a decade, almost every proposed bill has failed.
October 14, 2014
What is the FDA Doing About the Problem?
For nearly 40 years, the FDA has struggled to rein in the use of antibiotics on America's farms. Now, it's trying a new approach.
October 14, 2014
How It's Different in Europe
In 2006, the E.U. banned certain kinds of antibiotic uses on the farm. But critics say there's no evidence that the restrictions have led to a decrease in drug-resistant infections in humans.
October 14, 2014
Inside an Early Attempt to Restrict Antibiotic Use on Farms
In 1977, then FDA Commissioner Donald Kennedy tried -- and failed -- to tackle the problem.
October 14, 2014
Can E. Coli in Supermarket Meat Cause UTIs?
There's been an increase in stubbornly hard-to-treat urinary tract infections, and Dr. Lance Price is testing to see whether supermarket meat may be the cause.
October 14, 2014
Sharp Increase Seen in Sales of Antibiotics for Use in Farm Animals
The new data from the FDA comes amid concerns that their use is contributing to increasing drug-resistant infections in humans.
October 2, 2014
White House Releases Plan to Fight Antibiotic Resistance
Last year, the CDC estimated that 23,000 people die annually in the U.S. and more than 2 million are sickened by resistant infections.
September 19, 2014
Map: How the Ebola Outbreak Spread through Africa
From Patient Zero to today, here is a look back at how the West Africa Ebola outbreak grew to become the worst on record.
September 9, 2014