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Mining nature for the next groundbreaking antibiotic

Health

The WHO has warned that we’re headed for a “post-antibiotic era.” But the next penicillin could be in your backyard.

Advocates say FDA should ban all non-medical use of antibiotics in animals

Health & Medicine

Antibiotics losing effectiveness

Health & Medicine

Superbugs: India and the Rise of Drug-Resistant Germs

Business, Economics and Jobs
The World

Antibiotic Use on the Farm

Antibiotics, Livestock, and the Rise of Superbugs

Feeding antibiotics to livestock makes animals fatter faster, but are we breeding bacteria immunity in the drugs humans depend on?

The World

Antibiotic Resistance

Faced with a barrage of medicinal attack, bacteria are fighting back. The strongest are adapting and surviving the onslaught of antibiotics which most doctors eagerly dispense, and their patients demand. Should the medical community curb widespread use of antibiotics? Do patients compromise their immune systems by going for a fast fix? Bob Carty of the […]

The World

Antibiotic Resistance

Faced with a barrage of medicinal attack, bacteria are fighting back. The strongest are adapting and surviving the onslaught of antibiotics which most doctors eagerly dispense, and their patients demand. Should the medical community curb widespread use of antibiotics? Do patients compromise their immune systems by going for a fast fix? Bob Carty of the […]

The World

Health Update

Diane Toomey reports on a promising new treatment for bacterial infections as antibiotic-resistant bacteria reach crisis proportions.

The World

Animal Antibiotics

The FDA recently moved to ban two antibiotics from their use in the treatment of poultry diseases. There’s growing concern that agricultural use of these drugs has contributed to increased antibiotic resistance in people. Living On Earth’s Diane Toomey reports on what regulations we can expect from the FDA in the future.