What you can do about antibiotic-resistant bacteria

October 18, 2007 in Animal Diseases, Infectious Disease, MRSA, Media Environment, New York Times, Pharma, Public Health, Staph

Here’s some of links to articles about the growth of MRSA and other antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Quite a lot of interest in this given the recent paper by Dr. Monina Klevens et al at the CDC which concluded:
“Based on 8,987 observed cases of MRSA and 1,598 in-hospital deaths among patients with MRSA, we estimate that 94,360 [...]

WMD’s found–in China (of course)

August 18, 2007 in 2007 Predictions, Animal Diseases, Censorship, China, sustainability

There was so much made of the possibility that Iraq had WMD’s that it’s really amazing that no one is making anything at all of WMD’s that have been found in China. But there is one there with some particularly alarming features:
This WMD has:
1. the capability of inflicting millions of dollars of damage [...]

Stupid question, but at least my cow is well….

March 4, 2007 in Animal Diseases, Corporate Fascism, Epidemiology, Infectious Disease, Intellectual Property, MRSA, Media Environment, Pharma, Public Health, Staph

Updates of 28 October 2007 are italicized
Well here we have real irresponsibility, and it’s just one of many examples of the USA health infrastructure falling to sub-standard oversight. In typical fashion, this has received almost no press coverage, and caters to the interests of the pharmaceutical industry and the mega-food manufacturers, ignoring the [...]