Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy

A roundup of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.

A blog post on antibiotic overuse in India quotes research from the Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership. [IndiaBioscience]

The Editorial Board of The Washington Post writes on the challenges of rising antibiotic resistance and discusses the current strategies to deal with the problem. [WashingtonPost]

The Huffington Post produces a short video featuring Maryn McKenna speaking about the dangers of drug-resistant gonorrhea. [HuffPo]

Using a computer simulation model of hospitals in Orange County, California, research published in the journal Health Affairs shows that cooperation among hospitals would enable individual hospitals to achieve better results on infection control. [Futurity]

For a hip replacement surgery, an orthopedist in western Rajasthan of India uses a space suit to reduce the probability of infections during the surgery. [Times of India]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) releases findings from the ongoing investigation of the multistate meningitis outbreak, which has spread across 11 states and has caused 14 deaths. [CDC]

Research published in the journal Nature Communications discovers that the iron-sulphur enzyme IspH could be used in the development of new antibiotics, especially against malaria and tuberculosis. [PhysOrg]

Results from a study set to be published in November’s issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases show that people living near livestock or in livestock farming communities might be at a greater risk of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. [Science Codex]

Studies show that a financial penalty on Medicare payment policy that was designed to cut infection rates from bloodstream infections and urinary tract infections at hospitals has had no measurable effect. [NBC News]

Ravinder Sehgal writes on the impact of climate change and deforestation on the transmission of diseases. [HuffPo]

New research at Oregon State University shows that doctors are prescribing newer, more costly and stronger antibiotics to treat urinary tract infections due to growing concerns about antibiotic resistance, and recommends that such drugs should not be used except in case of emergencies. [OSU]

Dr. Christine Ondoa, the Health Minister of Uganda, writes that the greatest threat to the country’s future is the mosquito that causes malaria. [Global Post]

An article in the Baltimore Sun discusses the steps taken by Maryland hospitals in tackling drug-resistant bacteria. [Baltimore Sun]

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