Insights and Stories on Infection

McDonald’s to curb antibiotic use in its beef supply

Dec. 11, 2018 at 6:38 pm CST

Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. said Tuesday it plans to reduce the use of antibiotics in its global beef supply, fueling projections that other restaurants will follow suit. The move by the world’s biggest fast-food chain addresses concerns that the overuse of antibiotics vital to fighting human infections in farm animals […]

Abstain from romaine: Canada, U.S. warn on E. coli in lettuce

Nov. 20, 2018 at 4:42 pm CST

By Reuters

EU backs plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance

Jun. 13, 2018 at 7:01 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. study links bumblebee declines to fungicide use

Nov. 16, 2017 at 8:28 pm CST

By Staff

Chicken farmers to expand phase-out of antibiotics

Jul. 23, 2017 at 8:10 pm CDT

By Staff

Bovine TB quarantines push into Saskatchewan

Nov. 14, 2016 at 7:25 pm CST

Two farms in southwestern Saskatchewan have been added to the list of those under federal quarantine as inspectors widen their search for cattle exposed to a new-to-Canada strain of bovine tuberculosis (TB). As of Thursday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it had “approximately 33” farms in Alberta and two […]

By Staff

U.S. sees first case of bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic

May. 27, 2016 at 5:02 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. health officials on Thursday reported the first case in the country of a patient with an infection resistant to a last-resort antibiotic, and expressed grave concern that the superbug could pose serious danger for routine infections if it spreads. “We risk being in a post-antibiotic world,” said […]

By Bill Berkrot Ransdell Pierson

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Insights and Stories on Infection

McDonald’s to curb antibiotic use in its beef supply

Abstain from romaine: Canada, U.S. warn on E. coli in lettuce

EU backs plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance

U.S. study links bumblebee declines to fungicide use

Chicken farmers to expand phase-out of antibiotics

Bovine TB quarantines push into Saskatchewan

U.S. sees first case of bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic

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