July 26, 2013
A roundup of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.
Two new studies from CDDEP, which provide a groundbreaking look at the cost of medical care in India, could provide insights to potentially yield cost savings for hospitals, while laying the groundwork for even larger studies that could be used to inform public health policy. Read more here. [CDDEP, The Hindu, The Hindu]
A news feature in Nature provides an in-depth look into the troubling rise of the carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CREs) worldwide. [Nature]
In a news article published in The Guardian, researchers and experts discuss potential key strategies to tackle drug resistance in malaria. [The Guardian]
A news feature in Nature highlights research from the University of Iowa, which examines possible linkages between the use of antibiotics in livestock and the growing epidemic of antibiotic resistant bacterial infections in humans. [Nature]
An epidemiological investigation of a strep throat outbreak identified the source of infection thanks to social media, according to a study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. [WebProNews]
In a new study published by the Journal of Food Safety, researchers have found that raw, whole chicken bought in farmers market throughout Pennsylvania contained more pathogenic bacteria than those bought in grocery stores. [NYTimes, Science Daily]
Researchers have discovered that giant viruses, approximately 1,000 times the size of flu particles and carrying almost entirely novel genes, live apparently harmlessly in the human body. [New York Times]
At a meeting of health experts and policymakers on Capitol Hill, The National Institutes of Health call for greater global collaboration and funding to fight chronic, non-communicable diseases. [Fogarty/NIH]
Discussing the recent outbreak of dengue in Angola, a blog post from the CDC debunks five movie myths spread in disease films like Outbreak and Contagion. [CDC]
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