In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2012 |
''‘Superbug’ Stalked NIH Hospital Last Year, Killing Six'' An outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as Klebsiella pneumoniae killed six patients at the clinical center at the National Institutes of Health in 2011. The outbreak was not made public until Wednesday, when NIH researchers published a scientific paper describing the advanced genetic technology they deployed to trace the outbreak. |
Antibiotic Innovation |
| Apr 4, 2013 |
''Rep. Louise Slaughter On Antibiotics, Meat And Superbugs'' "80 percent of all the antibiotics we pump out these days goes into animals and animal feed — cows, hogs, chickens, turkeys and more across America, chowing down daily on antibiotics in their feed. To make them grow faster. To allow them to live in crowded conditions. Health officials are clanging the alarm bell, saying that is overuse that is breeding antibiotic-resistant superbugs that we can’t stop, that kill. The meat industry says, “chill out.” |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 14, 2013 |
Representative Slaughter Leads Effort to Protect Public from Superbugs Meat and poultry producers routinely feed antibiotics to healthy animals to make them grow faster and to compensate for overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. These practices breed drug-resistant superbugs that make human diseases more difficult and costly to treat and more likely to cause death. Fortunately, on March 14, U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) introduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013 (PAMTA) to restrict animal agricultural practices that threaten the public’s health. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Feb 12, 2013 |
''Pig Manure Reveals More Reason to Worry About Antibiotics'' There's a global campaign to force meat producers to rein in their use of antibiotics on pigs, chickens and cattle. European countries, especially Denmark and the Netherlands, have taken the lead. The U.S. is moving, haltingly, toward similar restrictions. Now the concerns about rampant antibiotic use appear to have reached China, where meat production and antibiotic use have been growing fast. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Dec 10, 2012 |
''Drug Overuse in Cattle Imperils Human Health'' "Two kids seriously injured in the Joplin, Mo., tornado in May 2011 showed up at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City suffering from antibiotic-resistant infections from dirt and debris blown into their wounds. Physicians tried different drugs, but at first nothing seemed to work. Blame the overuse of antibiotics in livestock, according to the doctors familiar with their cases." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Nov 9, 2012 |
Laura Rogers, project director for the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming, is in Denmark this week meeting with farmers, government officials and public health experts to learn how the United States can adapt the country’s successful model. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Nov 1, 2012 |
Chicago Public Schools: Serving Meat Raised Without Antibiotics This November, the Chicago Public School System celebrate the one-year anniversary of the announcment that it would begin serving chicken raised without antibiotics to students in its 473 schools. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Oct 15, 2012 |
Denmark is one of the largest pork exporting countries in the world, yet it has just reported that total use of antibiotics for pig production in the country decreased 30 percent from 2010 to 2011. The reduction in antibiotic use is a substantial accomplishment for public health and shows how an industry can dramatically transform its practices with government and public support. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Oct 11, 2012 |
State of the Science: Superbugs and Public Health People tend to think of summer as a time reserved for rest and relaxation, but this has not been the case for many scientists this past season. In the last few months, there have been several new studies on antibiotics widely discussed by media, policymakers, and the public alike. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Oct 5, 2012 |
Farmer Friday: Celebrating Farmers Who Raise Animals without Antibiotics Americans want food that is raised sustainably and that promotes public health while minimizing harm to the environment. It is our agricultural system that affords these choices to the American consumer. Farmer Friday provides a weekly opportunity to shine a spotlight on these producers and thank them for protecting public health by using antibiotics only when their animals are sick. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
