Posts Tagged ‘antimicrobial resistance’
AMR is a silent killer that threatens our health in North Carolina and beyond Â
AMR is a silent killer that threatens our health in North Carolina and beyond  The small red bump on my son’s hand looked at first like a bug bite. But when the hand swelled to the point of immobility and we took him to the doctor, the diagnosis was MRSA, an infection from a type…
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BIO: How the PASTEUR Act would support antibiotic R&D The PASTEUR Act, legislation designed to make research and development of new antibiotics economically viable, was reintroduced in Congress last week with bipartisan support. Here’s what it would do and why it matters. Antimicrobial resistance is a big problem. AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and…
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