13 Mar 2012
“Cows are amongst the
gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their
young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep
love for these quiet creatures.”
Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859), Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822-1856)
12 Mar 2012
This blog post originally appeared on Pioneering Ideas: A discussion about breakthrough ideas in health and health care from the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The post covers research from Extending the Cure, a CDDEP project that examines policy solutions to address antibiotic resistance in the United States.
12 Jan 2012
This post originally appeared on Pioneering Ideas: A discussion about breakthrough ideas in health and health care from the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is authored by the RWJF blog team.
6 Jan 2012
Earlier this week, the FDA announced new restrictions
on the use of cephalosporins in livestock – big news for an agency that
just before the holidays withdrew
two 1977 proposals to restrict certain uses of penicillins and tetracyclines in
animal feed and food-producing animals.
21 Dec 2011
It’s
been a fall of mixed news on antibiotic use in the agricultural industry in the
United States. Advocates of restricting the practice balked at the FDA’s rejection, in
November, of two citizen petitions enlisting the agency’s help in banning
certain uses of antibiotics for livestock due to concerns about emerging
antibiotic resistance.
