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June 21, 2013 | Program Results Report
Researchers working through Extending the Cure published reports and journal articles on antibiotic resistance, proposed solutions, and disseminated findings. The project framed the challenge as one of safeguarding an essential social resource.
June 4, 2013 | New Public Health Post
New funding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is aimed at improving treatment for bacterial infections, treating alcohol dependence and determining effective drugs for long-term diabetes treatment.
June 3, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria contribute to more deaths than AIDS, traffic accidents and flu combined. But new drugs are not the only weapon against them.
April 30, 2013 | New Public Health Post
In recent years many bacteria have become resistant to drugs that commonly vanquished them, depleting a natural resource—antibiotics—that has saved millions of lives around the globe.
April 2, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Dr. Daniel J. Morgan, a physician and researcher for Extending the Cure, tells us what it’s like to face superbugs in the health care system and points out the critical role that hospitals can, and should, play in the effort to stop them.
March 5, 2013 | Report
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae are recognized in health care settings as a cause of difficut to treat infections associated with high mortality.
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Increases in the prevalence of drug-resistant pneumonia present a major infection control challenge for public health.
February 28, 2013 | Journal Article
Seasonal and age variations seen in hospital MRSA infection rates.
January 30, 2013 | Grantee/Infographic
Working to reduce drug-resistant infections by recognizing that antibiotics are a natural resource and developing new solutions.
January 30, 2013
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