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Gonorrhea Nears Complete Drug Resistance

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 11, 2012 Gonorrhea is showing resistance to all but one antibiotic drug used against it, U.S. health officials announced this week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Livestock Antibiotics and FDA Inaction: A Look Back

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2012 We learned back in the mid-1970s that livestock antibiotics increase the presence of drug-resistant bacteria in farmworkers. Since then, meat and poultry production has nearly tripled while business, government and public advocates have battled over industry regulation. ProPublica charts that battle's history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The View From a Libyan Hospital

Staff / Truthdig Aug 26, 2011 The morgues in Tripoli hospitals are overflowing with dead bodies, and doctors in just one hospital said they have been treating more than 500 patients a day for gunshot wounds. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Farm Animals Hog 80 Percent of U.S. Antibiotics

Staff / Truthdig Dec 28, 2010 The overuse of antibiotics can lead to drug-resistant superbugs, so it's cause for concern to the folks at Johns Hopkins' Center for a Livable Future that the vast majority of bug-killing drugs aren't even consumed by sick humans. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )