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River Cam bugs to beat infection (BBC News/ 9/21)

New 'superbug' strain spreading in meat, warns study (Food Production Daily/ 6/25)

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Detected in Water Near Swine CAFO (Environmental Health News/ 5/18)

Scientists Look to Vaccines in the War on E. Coli (The New York Times/ 5/01)

DSM unveils novel antibiotics test for milk (Food Production Daily/ 4/24)

UBC researchers find new superbug weapon for near-empty antibiotics arsenal (EurekAlert!/ 3/25)

Essential oils 'combat superbug' (BBC News/ 3/20)

Antibiotic Resistance in Plague (Newswise/The Institute for Genomic Research/ 3/20)

Trojan horse strategy defeats drug-resistant bacteria (EurekAlert!/ 3/16)

Bacterial Walls Come Tumbling Down (Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ 3/09)

Surprising antibiotic-resistant bacteria study results (MeatNews / 3/08)

When Germs Talk, Maybe Humans Can Answer (The New York Times /2/25)

E. coli bacteria migrating between humans, chimps in Ugandan park (University of Illinois / 2/22)

Economic Analysis Shows The Use Of Antibiotics In Chicken Feed Increases The Cost Of Poultry Production (Meat and Poultry News/ 1/18)

UW-Madison Researchers Develop Novel Method to Find New Antibiotics (Univ. Wisconsin CALS / 11/22)

CSU researcher urges scientific community to treat antibiotic resistance genes as water contaminants (Colorado State University / 10/26)

NSF awards UGA $1.1 million grant for gene study (UGA FACES / 10/12)

Poultry consumption, handling are risk factors for antibiotic resistance in humans (Eurek Alert / 10/10)

EU to probe UK dairy sector in antibiotics row (FoodProductionDaily.com / 10/10)

Cattle Protozoa Help Shift Antibiotic Resistance (USDA-ARS / 10/3)

UNITED STATES: An emerging assay method may enable poultry processors to find and destroy antibiotic resistant bacteria from poultry meat. (MeatNews.com / 8/10)

UNITED STATES: University of Arkansas scientists find the herb – normally used in beer production – is an effective substitute for antibiotic growth promoters. (MeatNews.com / 8/9)

EUROPE/UNITED STATES: Technological advancements and stringent safety measures drive growth in the European antimicrobial market, research reveals. (MeatNews.com / 8/4)

Drug-resistant E. coli likely started in poultry (Reuters Health / 7/10)

Little known of dangerous resistant bacteria (MeatNews.com / 6/30)

Eliminating Antibiotics From Food Animals Is Unwise (NewsWise.com / 6/26)

Over-use of antibiotics in fish-for-food industry encourages bacterial resistance and disease (Eurek Alert / 6/20)

Houseflies Collected in Fast Food Restaurants Found to Carry Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (American Society for Microbiology / 6/19)

Innocuous intestinal bacteria may be reservoir for resistance (Eurek Alert / 5/25)

Novel method helps find new class of antibiotics (Boston Globe / 5/22)

Production Practices Effect Antimicrobial Resistance in Poultry (American Society for Microbiology / 5/15)

Zooming in on the Campylobacter That Would Resist Antibiotics (NewsWise.com / 5/5)

Sludge recycling sends antiseptic soap ingredient to agriculture (Eurek Alert / 4/26)

Researchers Design Antimicrobial, Technique to Watch It (NewsWise.com / 4/21)

Less antibiotic use in food animals leads to less drug resistance in people, study shows (Eurek Alert / 4/17)

Rise in antimicrobial resistance in invasive isolates of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecium in Ireland (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 4/13)

Evolution follows few of the possible paths to antibiotic resistance (Eurek Alert / 4/11)

Kiss of the Hops' May Stimulate Broilers (NewsWise.com / 4/7)

Pet-Human Link Studied in Resistant Bacteria (New York Times / 3/21)

New research questions antibiotic use in infants (Eurek Alert / 3/13)

Creation of antibiotic in test tube holds promise for better antibiotics (Eurek Alert / 3/9)

Scientists re-engineer a well-known antibiotic to counter drug resistance (Eurek Alert / 2/8)

Drug resistance may travel same path as quorum sensing (Eurek Alert / 2/6)

Microbes Strengthen Inside Animals' Protozoa (USDA ARS / 2/2)

Pair of studies offer new clues to combat antibiotic resistance (Eurek Alert / 1/24)

Researchers use dirt to stay one step ahead of antibiotic resistance (Eurek Alert / 1/19)

Antibiotics are aging, and bacteria are learning to fight them off (US News / 1/4)

DNA Chips Spot, Help Track Antibiotic Resistance (USDA ARS / 11/9)