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October 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This study suggests that government incentives are needed to encourage the research and development that goes into producing novel antibiotics, in addition to increasing development of new ones.
September 26, 2011 | Journal Article
This study shows a sharp upswing in some potentially lethal hospital infections in the summer months. Hospitals must be on the alert for spread of infections in warm weather.
January 12, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Shorter Antibiotic Regimens Might Counter Antibiotic Resistance
November 18, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Up to one million antibiotics are prescribed unnecessarily every year, often for colds and other viral infections that they can’t even cure. This overuse is a serious public health threat because it significantly reduces antibiotics’ effectiveness ...
November 15, 2011 | Story
RWJF-funded Extending the Cure releases new research showing troubling trends in antibiotic use.
October 19, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Ramanan Laxminarayan of Extending the Cure argues that we need incentives to crank out newer, more powerful antibiotics and at the same time, preserve the efficacy of antibiotics we have left.
September 29, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
The latest iteration of ResistanceMap, an interactive web-based tool that tracks drug resistance in North America and Europe, was launched recently by Extending the Cure, a Pioneer-supported research project that explores policy solutions to the gro ...
September 21, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Antibiotic prescriptions tend to spike during flu season according to a new study from Extending the Cure, a Pioneer-supported project that examines policy solutions to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.
March 3, 2011 | Report
The rapid rise of antibiotic resistance can be tracked using ResistanceMap, an online tool that visually highlights regions of the country where this growing public health threat is particularly severe.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
In medical administrative databases, the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) administrative code for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is V09. An examination of the validity of using the V09 code to identify MRSA infections found that V09 does not accurately predict the rate of MRSA infections, and should not be