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The Battle on the Home Front: Jonathan Gadsden's Story
Marine Lance Corporal's story reflects the growing need for new antibiotics that can treat dangerous diseases, against which most drugs are useless. Read More
Facilitating Medical Device Innovation: De Novo Reform
The de novo process -- which requests lower-risk reclassification of medical devices and entry into the marketplace -- as it exists now is not achieving its purpose and has instead added unnecessary and time-consuming requirements. Read More
Food Products Recalled by FDA
Since President Obama signed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act into law, at least 149 FDA-regulated food products have been recalled due to potential pathogenic contamination. Read More
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| Jan 21, 2011 |
Health Care and the Antibiotic Resistance CrisisMany public health officials and medical organizations are increasingly concerned about the rising incidence of antibiotic-resistant infections in the United States. According to the Interagency Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance, unless antibiotic resistance ―problems are detected as they emerge—and actions are taken quickly to contain them—the world may soon be faced with previously treatable diseases that have again become untreatable, as in the pre-antibiotic era. More info |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Nov 16, 2010 |
Nearly 200,000 Tell FDA to Save AntibioticsNearly 200,000 letters were recently submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responding to the agency’s request for comments on rules governing the use of antibiotics on industrial farms. These letters made it clear to the FDA that: |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Nov 15, 2010 |
Getting Smart About Antibiotic ResistanceThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has proclaimed November 15-21, 2010 as "Get Smart About Antibiotics Week." This event is an opportunity for Americans to learn about the importance of these life-saving drugs. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Nov 1, 2010 |
Avoiding Antibiotic Resistance: Denmark's Ban on Growth Promoting Antibiotics in Food AnimalsRecognizing the potential for a health crisis, Denmark began restricting the administration of antibiotics used for growth promotion (i.e., non-medical uses) in cattle, broiler chickens and swine in 1998. The World Health Organization found that the ban reduced human health risk without significantly harming animal health or farmers' incomes. More info |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 27, 2010 |
Effects of Banning the Use of Antibiotics as Growth Promoters in Denmark and ScandinaviaA listing of major reports and journal articles regarding the effects of banning the use of antibiotics as food animal growth promoters in Denmark and Scandinavia. More info |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 14, 2010 |
Testimony: Gail R. Hansen before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on HealthAntibiotics are overused in industrial farming to the detriment of human health. Antibiotic overuse has spurred generations of bacteria that are causing life threatening illnesses that were once easily treatable with antibiotics. Effective alternatives are available to agribusiness. Congress has the opportunity to enact legislation that will curtail the use of antibiotics in industrial food animal production without having significant economic impact on the industry. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 14, 2010 |
Official Text: Hearing on Antibiotic Resistance and the use of Antibiotics in Animal AgricultureThe CDC lists control over infectious disease as one of its top 10 great public health achievements of the last century, and antimicrobials are crucial to that accomplishment. And yet we must collectively be alarmed that we are undermining the power of antibiotics by failing to use them judiciously. More info |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 14, 2010 |
Supporting Materials: Hearing on Antibiotic Resistance and the use of Antibiotics in Animal AgricultureOn July 14, 2010, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture. View PDF files of some of the materials entered into the hearing record by organizations and health and agricultural professionals. More info |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| May 15, 2010 |
Capitol Hill Briefing: Reducing Antibiotic ResistanceOn May 5, 2010, Pew hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill in collaboration with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Rep. Louise Slaughter, and Rep. Howard Berman. Panelists included an official from the World Health Organization, a veterinarian from Denmark's Technical University, the proprietor of a Danish hog farm and a scientist from Denmark's State Serum Institute. More info |
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| May 7, 2010 |
Avoiding Antibiotic ResistanceDenmark's Ban on Growth Promoting Antibiotics in Food Animalssaveantibiotics_org_denmark_htmlAntibiotics are the crown jewels of medicine. These life saving drugs are vital to human health—treating everything from strep throat to skin infections to bacterial pneumonia. More info |
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