President Obama yesterday signed an Executive Order [1] (EO) directing Federal Government departments and agencies to take action at home and with international partners to combat this national security threat. The White House also issued its five-year National Strategy for Combatting Antibiotic Resistance [2] and the President’s Council on of
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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…
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