Infections Are Becoming Untreatable
November 22, 2011 by Michael Mountain
In case you’ve missed it so far, this is Get Smart About Antibiotics Week. That means the Centers for Disease Control is trying to warn us all about the danger that’s posed by our growing resistance to antibiotics.
New Concerns about Antibiotics on Farms
June 17, 2011 by Michael Mountain
Dramatic rise in their use threatens human health Photo courtesy of The Independent Three classes of antibiotics that are considered critical to modern medicine are now in danger of being rendered ineffective, according to the World Health Organization. That’s because their routine use at factory farms is causing the bacteria they’re supposed to destroy to [...]