Superbugs are on the rise. What can states do to combat them?

 

Antibiotic Resistance Project

To Fight Superbugs, Hospitals Must Improve Data Sharing How can states help improve antibiotics use, encourage data reporting, and build new strategies to combat superbugs? Massachusetts is strengthening its approach—and seeing promising results. EXPERT Q&A Defensive Tackle Left Defenseless Against Superbug THE HILL Brandon Noble played for the San Francisco 49ers and other NFL teams. Although he was in peak physical condition, an antibiotic-resistant infection nearly cost him his leg. He speaks to the need for action now. FULL STORY QUOTE OF NOTE "If I can be sacked by superbugs, anyone can. We need to work together to prevent another global health crisis." Brandon Noble, former NFL defensive tackle IN THE MEDIA Report Underscores Superbug Risk of Medical Tourism CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH AND POLICY (CIDRAP) Biden Administration Seeks a Legislative Path for Novel Antibiotic Drug Development STAT CDC Launches Networks to Boost Global Response to Antibiotic Resistance CIDRAP We Must Learn From COVID to Avert an Antibiotic Resistance Pandemic POLITICS HOME—THE HOUSE Treatment of COVID With Antibiotics Could Add to the Problem of Drug Resistance THE CONVERSATION

Antibiotics are fundamental to modern medicine, essential for treating everything from routine skin infections to strep throat, and for protecting vulnerable patients receiving chemotherapy or being treated in intensive care units. Pew's antibiotic resistance project is working to ensure both the prudent use of existing drugs and a robust pipeline of new drugs in order to meet current and future patient needs. SaveAntibiotics.org