contagion

CONTAGION: Antibiotics in agriculture add to growing superbug threat

CONTAGION: Antibiotics in agriculture add to growing superbug threat

In India and Canada, farmers give animals antibiotics to fatten, prevent disease or treat sickness

  • Jun 30, 2018

 

Anu Bhalla, mom, Pawan Bhalla dad, and baby Naksh Bhalla. The baby is the surviving one of two twins born prematurely. He successfully fought off a drug-resistant infection.

CONTAGION: Drug resistance takes devastating human toll

About 60,000 infants in India die annually from sepsis caused by antimicrobial-resistant infections

 

CONTAGION: How Canada ‘dropped the ball’ on drug resistance

CONTAGION: How Canada ‘dropped the ball’ on drug resistance

Antimicrobial resistance has been rising in Canada and globally for decades