When the dust settles on 2016, and Congress is receiving year-end grades from political pundits, voters and even self-evaluations from the Members themselves, there will no doubt be a common refrain that election year politics, gridlock and a short legislative calendar have yet again left too many important issues unresolved. But one important piece of

Daniel L. Spiegel
Confronting Apocalyptic Risks of Broken Antibiotics Pipeline
By Daniel L. Spiegel on
Posted in Health Issues, International Strategy
Alarmed by the real health, economic and security risks associated with “superbugs” that are resistant to antibiotics — the lynchpins of modern medicine — President Obama has included antimicrobial resistance as a focus of his 26-nation partnership Global Health Security Agenda. He has just announced a September 2014 White House international conference that will highlight…