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First Opinion By David Hyun and Rachel Zetts

Many hospitalized Covid-19 patients are given antibiotics. That’s a problem

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Health By Helen Branswell

Why your doctor’s advice to take all your antibiotics may be wrong

Health By Helen Branswell

Antibiotics could dramatically reduce STIs, study says, raising tough new questions

Streptococcus Pneumoniae antibiotic resistance

First Opinion By Julie L. Gerberding

Antibiotic resistance: the hidden threat lurking behind Covid-19

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Health By Helen Branswell

The superbug Candida auris is giving rise to warnings — and big questions

Group A Strep

Health By Catherine Caruso

Flesh-eating bacteria: 5 things to know after a hiker’s almost-fatal infection

C. Auris

Health By Helen Branswell

Patients with feared superbug shed large amounts of it from their skin, study says

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First Opinion By Jowa (Zhuo) Shi and Ateev Mehrotra

Inappropriately prescribed antibiotics will likely accompany the winter surge of Covid-19

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Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Lawmakers revive legislation to accelerate the development of new antibiotics

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Opinions+ By Peter Bak

Investment in antimicrobials was up in 2020, but much work remains

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Antibiotic Incentives

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

WHO warns the world is still failing to develop desperately needed antibiotics

First Opinion Podcast

First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett

Listen: Antibiotic experts on the threat of antimicrobial resistant superbugs

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

EPA rule that could help citrus growers is challenged over concerns about antibiotic resistance

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Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Antibiotic stewardship may be improving at U.S. hospitals, but new targets are still needed

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Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Antibiotic prescribing during the pandemic raises concern about drug resistance

Hospital Superbug Outbreak

First Opinion By Michelle McMurry-Heath

The Biden administration’s pandemic agenda must not ignore superbugs

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Politics By Matthew Herper

Sen. Cassidy explains why he’s backing a bill aimed at drug-resistant bacteria

Health By Matthew Herper and Ed Silverman

Virtual Event: Facing the crisis of drug-resistant germs

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Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Pharma’s ambitious new antibiotic venture hires a CEO to fix a ‘broken’ pipeline

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Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

New bill would create a subscription payment model to jumpstart antibiotic development

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Doctors say antibiotic resistance is an issue — but most say they’re not part of the problem

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First Opinion By Kevin Outterson and John Rex

We need new antimicrobials to prevent the next infectious disease crisis

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Special Report By Gardiner Harris and Alex W. Palmer — The Wire

China has near-total control of the world’s antibiotic supply. Is America at risk as a result?

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First Opinion By Isaac Stoner

Saving lives should be good business. Why doesn’t that apply to finding new antibiotics?

Carbapenem-resistant, Acinetobacter

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

WHO adviser says an antimicrobial fund can help a market that ‘needs to be fixed’

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: France indicts Sanofi over epilepsy drug risks; Trump talk of drug pricing in SOTU speech may backfire

Antibiotic Pollution

First Opinion By Alba Tiley and Steve Brooks

Companies must responsibly manufacture the antimicrobials society needs

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First Opinion By Allan Coukell

Antibiotics need a special place in the drug pricing debate

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Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Amid fears of superbugs, sales of antibiotics used in food-producing livestock rose last year

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First Opinion By Alex M. Azar II and Robert R. Redfield

U.S. continues to lead the fight against antibiotic resistance

Carbapenem-resistant, Acinetobacter

Health By Helen Branswell

CDC report: 35,000 Americans die of antibiotic-resistant infections each year

Superbug Gene

First Opinion By Seema Verma

Seema Verma: CMS’s ‘expanded pathway’ for new antibiotics can help fight antimicrobial resistance

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: Biogen resurrects an Alzheimer’s drug; last-minute settlement in a big opioid trial