Working to Curb Antibiotic Overuse: CDC's Get Smart About Antibiotics Week
November 15, 2011 | Story
RWJF-funded Extending the Cure releases new research showing troubling trends in antibiotic use.
Antibiotic Resistance
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A Shot Against MRSA?
March 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This policy brief from RWJF grantee Extending the Cure looks at the obstacles around developing a staph vaccine.
Warm Weather Brings Risk of Resistant Hospital Infections
October 19, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Two new articles from Extending the Cure, a Pioneer-supported project that examines solutions to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, advance our understanding of the growth and spread of certain lethal hospital infections and pose policies ...
Extending the Cure Launches Interactive Map Featuring Latest Regional and Global Trends in Antibiotic Resistance
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 ...
United States Falling Behind In Efforts to Curb Superbugs
September 27, 2011 | Book
A new online Web tool from ResistanceMap shows the latest regional and global trends in antibiotic resistance.
Policy Research to Extend Antibiotic Effectiveness
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Index developed to quantify changes in drug resistance over time.
Simple Measure Could Help Address Public Health Threat
September 21, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Antibiotic prescriptions tend to spike during flu season, even though influenza is caused by a virus and cannot be treated with antibiotics, according to a new study from Extending the Cure, a Pioneer-supported project that examines policy solutions ...
Which MRSA is it?
March 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
A policy brief from RWJF grantee Extending the Cure discusses the responses to community-acquired MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus).
Managing Partially Protected Resources Under Uncertainty
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This economic analysis looks at the management of partially protected resource pools. The authors compare price- and quantity-based instruments to determine which instrument more efficiently regulated congestion spillovers between resource pools.
Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Outpatients, United States, 1999-2006
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has become a major problem in U.S. hospitals already dealing with high levels of hospital-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). This article suggests that instead of replacing HA-MRSA in the hospital, CA-MRSA is adding to the overall presence of MRSA already found within the hospital population.