News & Blog - flu

17 May 2013
A roundup of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.Stressing the need to preserve the efficacy of antibiotics, CDDEP Director Ramanan Laxminarayan writes in CDC’s Safe Healthcare that “we are all responsible for whether future generations will have effective antibiotics.” [CDC]
2 Jul 2012
Washington, D.C. - Seasonal increases in antibiotic prescribing, particularly during flu season, are linked to short-term increases in antibiotic resistance, according to a study published online today in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.