Top Officials Gather at UN to Address Falling Effectiveness of Antibiotics

Dire warnings about the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance worldwide prompted an urgent high-level meeting at the United Nations in New York Wednesday. Thousands of attendees, including heads of state, representatives of the private and public sector, NGOs and the pharmaceutical industry came together to discuss the proper use and misuse of antibiotics and what to do about it. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when antibiotics and other drugs that were once used successfully to...

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