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To fight the rising number of drug-resistant infections, doctors in Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals are more frequently turning to last-resort antibiotics.
Learn MoreMoms from Maine to Hawaii recently came to Washington, D.C., to urge the Obama administration and Congress to do more to rein in the overuse of antibiotics on America’s industrial farms, a practice that breeds antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Learn MoreRecent polling shows that 80% of American voters favor national nutrition standards that would limit calories, fat, and sodium in snack and à la carte foods sold in U.S. schools.
Learn MorePew, the IIDSA, and PhRMA hosted a one-day conference, Reviving the Pipeline of Life-Saving Antibiotics: Exploring Solutions to Spur Innovation, exploring ways to overcome the challenges that hinder the development of new antibiotics.
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As 1½-year-old Simon Sparrow lay dying in a hospital in April 2004, doctors were perplexed as to what was causing his illness. "None of the health care professionals at the University of Chicago had any clue as to why he died," Simon's mother, Everly Macario, recalls. "From the moment he got strange symptoms to when he died was 24 hours."
More infoSix high school students from the Chicago Vocational Career Academy served Congress a lunch that features chicken raised without antibiotics, just like much of the chicken now on the menu in public schools back home in Chicago.
More infoRecent recommendations from coalition of health advocacy groups urge the government to put more resources into school-based efforts to improve health and fight obesity among youth. More info
The Pew Safe Checking in the Electronic Age Project conducted focus groups with consumers who purchase and use prepaid debit cards to understand the motivation behind this practice.
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