by PediaBlog | Nov 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
*This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on November 16, 2017. World Antibiotic Awareness Week This week is World Antibiotic Awareness Week. The focus of this year’s campaign, just like in years past, is to recognize the global public...
by PediaBlog | Nov 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
As World Antibiotic Awareness Week comes to a close, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention addresses the global public health threat of antimicrobial resistance as an American problem, too: U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week is an annual one-week...
by PediaBlog | Nov 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
This week is World Antibiotic Awareness Week. The focus of this year’s campaign, just like in years past, is to recognize the global public health threat of antibiotic resistance — a threat, the World Health Organization reminds us, that begins at a...
by PediaBlog | Jun 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
Calling “antibiotic-resistant microbes, climate change and chronic diseases ‘three slow-motion disasters’ shaping the global health landscape,” writers Scott Weathers, Sophie Hermanns, and Mark Bittman take on a major threat to public health...
by PediaBlog | Jun 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
One of the most common reasons medical providers prescribe antibiotics to patients is for the diagnosis of sinusitis. Yesterday on The PediaBlog, we defined sinusitis as inflammation of the paranasal sinuses, and looked at its four main causes: Acute viral...
