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April 29, 2010
Antibiotic resistance in food — some governments pay attention
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Folks, I told you Tuesday about a Congressional hearing on antibiotic resistance, featuring NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden. Not much new was said, but it’s encouraging that the hearing was held at all. (Fauci testimony here, Frieden here.)
Coincidentally, constant reader Pat Gardiner of the UK alerted me to a [...]
April 28, 2010
A blog reaction so perfect I want to print the whole thing…
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(…but I won’t, because it’s not fair use or good blogger behavior. But I want to!)
Melissa Graham of Chicago had a great corporate life — and then she re-evaluated, became a chef and caterer, and began organizing in Chicago for sustainable local food, farmers’ markets, and a family-friendly food system. She blogs at the food [...]
April 17, 2010
SUPERBUG on Capitol Hill!
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Constant readers, I’ve been shamefully absent from the blog, but with reason, since I’ve been traveling promoting the book. There was a pretty interesting opportunity this week that I wanted to tell you about: I was asked to be part of two Congressional briefings in Washington, DC Wednesday, addressing the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture [...]
April 16, 2010
SUPERBUG is on NPR Science Friday!
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With a cast of other people much more distinguished than me.
See the program page, and access the audio when it’s posted, here.
April 9, 2010
My name in lights (sort of)
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Huge appreciation to the friendly folks at Eagle Eye Book Shop in Decatur, GA, who had me in to speak last night, and who also very kindly supplied books for the panel discussion at Danya International yesterday afternoon. Many thanks to all for your support!
April 7, 2010
Surfacing. (Whew.) And some great reaction.
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Well, constant readers, it’s been an amazing two weeks. SUPERBUG was published, and ate my life. I’ve been on NPR’s Fresh Air, and on 21 (22?) other radio stations so far, with more radio, and TV, to come.
I’m starting to plan the next phase of the book campaign. If you work at a hospital or [...]
March 23, 2010
PUBLICATION DAY: Handwashing, and a playlist
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In advance of the Fresh Air interview today, their tweeter(s) asked for suggestions for a MRSA playlist! Here’s some of the suggestions:
Fever, Peggy Lee
Countin’ On A Miracle, Bruce Springsteen
Ready or Not, the Delfonics (or as sampled by the Fugees)
Time to Get Ill, Beastie Boys
Hurts So Good, John Mellencamp (was he John Cougar Mellencamp then?)
Infected, Bad [...]
March 15, 2010
MRSA research round-up: hospitals, vitamins, pets
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Because I’ve been so behind, there’s so much to cover! So let’s dive in:
In today’s Archives of Surgery, researchers from Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center report that one simple addition to the routine of caring for trauma patients made a significant difference to the patients’ likelihood of acquiring a hospital-associated infection: bathing them once a day [...]
October 5, 2009
Get Smart About Antibiotics Week, Oct. 5-11 (now!)
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Every year, the CDC sponsors a week-long observance called Get Smart About Antibiotics Week, intended to bring attention to this issue of antibiotic misuse that all of us here are so concerned about, and to link the efforts of federal and state agencies, nonprofit groups, and anyone else with an interest.
Today marks the start of [...]
Big news! This blog is moving
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