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CDC Sounds Alarm on Deadly, Untreatable Superbugs

USA Today reports on a family of "nightmare" superbugs: carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacaea (CRE). CDC, SHEA, and IDSA representatives discuss the difficulty in treatment and preventing transmission of CRE. (3/6/2013)

Drug Companies, Health Groups Back IDSA Proposal

Support is growing for IDSA’s proposed new antibiotic approval pathway, which would provide a new approval option for companies interested in developing drugs for serious infections with few or no existing treatment options. (4/12/12)

Hospital Programs to Reduce Antibiotic Resistance Working: Studies

HealthDay News reports that antimicrobial stewardship programs are helping to reduce antibiotic resistance and costs, but too few hospitals have fully implemented such programs, according to new research presented at IDSA’s Annual Meeting. (10/20/2011)

New Measures, Legislation Aimed at Antibiotic Resistance: Infections Cost Millions, End Lives

The Nation’s Health reports on IDSA’s plan to combat deadly antibiotic-resistant “super bugs,” which was rolled out on World Health Day 2011. (04/07/2011)

Doctors Make Case for More Drug Spending

The Hill reports on an IDSA Congressional briefing to call attention to the Society’s 10 x 20 Initiative, aimed at developing 10 new antibiotics by 2020. (05/11/10)

View All Antimicrobial Resistance for Press

CDC Sounds Alarm on Deadly, Untreatable Superbugs

Drug Companies, Health Groups Back IDSA Proposal

Hospital Programs to Reduce Antibiotic Resistance Working: Studies

New Measures, Legislation Aimed at Antibiotic Resistance: Infections Cost Millions, End Lives

Doctors Make Case for More Drug Spending

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