antibiotic overuse

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We're Running Out Of Antibiotics

Nicole Allan | The Atlantic | February 19, 2014

It’s difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. [...] Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for discovering penicillin, Alexander Fleming warned of a future in which antibiotics had been used with abandon and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is imminent. Read More »

WHO Warns Against 'Post-Antibiotic' Era

Sara Reardon | Nature | April 30, 2014

The 'post-antibiotic' era is near, according to a report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO). The decreasing effectiveness of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents is a global problem, and a surveillance system should be established to monitor it, the group says. Read More »