APUA in the News
APUA has been recognized by a variety of authors and publications, including:
2005. "Plumbing
Commensal Reservoirs of Antibiotic Resistance," American Society
for Microbiology News, October 2005.
2005. "Staph
changes," Modern Healthcare, April 25.
2005. "Drug-resistant
staph infections cited outside hospitals," Boston Globe,
April 7.
2005. "Bacteremia
among Kenyan Children," New England Journal of Medicine,
March 31.
2005. "Expert
call for radical action on superbugs," Manchester Guardian,
February 10.
2005. "Report
reveals urgency in fight against resistance," Infectious Disease
News, February.
2004. "New
'shadow epidemic' stalks the globe," The Sunday Times (South
Africa), December 12.
2004. "Improving
antibiotic prescribing is an urgent priority: how low can we go?"
The Pharmaceutical Journal, December 11.
2004. "Trapping
the Superbugs," Newsweek, December 6.
2004. "Super
Bugs, Bird Flu Worry Experts," Wall Street Journal, November
1.
2004. "Vaccine
shortage points to global risk, experts say," USA Today,
November 1.
2004. "Germ-Free
Nation: Is our obsession with cleanliness beginning to backfire?"
Vegetarian Times, July-August.
2004. "Is
Your Doctor's Necktie Contaminated?" AARP Bulletin, July-August.
2004. "Q:
What's the story about antibiotics in food?" Boston Globe,
February 17.
2003. "Germ
Warfare," New York Times, September 6.
2003. "WHO
Advises Kicking the Livestock Antibiotic Habit," Science Magazine,
August 22.
2003. "Surfing
for the Best Biotech Information," Genetic Engineering News,
July.
2003. "New
Antibiotics and New Resistance: In many ways, the fight against
antibiotic resistance is already lost; preventing bacterial disease
requires thoughtful new approaches," American Scientist,
March-April.
2002. "The
2002 Garrod Lecture. Factors Impacting on the Problem of Antibiotic
Resistance," Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, January.
2002. "No
Prescription for Antibiotics? No Problem," New York Times,
November 12.
2002. "Antimicrobial
Use in Animal Feed: an Ecological and Public Health Problem," Minnesota
Medicine, October.
2002. "Mechanisms
of Resistance," Infectious Disease News, September.
2002. "Mailbox:
Antibiotic Resistance," Perspectives in Health, Fall.
2002. " 'Cipromania'
and 'Superclean' Homes Are Now Increasing Antibiotic Resistance,"
Journal of the American Medical Association, August 28.
2002. "Revenge
of the Bugs," Boston Globe, August 6.
2002. "Some
Link Bacterial Peril to Antibiotics Put in Feed," Des Moines
Register, August 4
2002. "Antibiotic
Resistance Remains Problematic," Quality Indicator Physician
Resource, August.
2002. "Battle
of the Bugs: Fighting Antibiotic Resistance," FDA Consumer,
July-August.
2002. "Current
Threats of Infectious Diseases, According to National Foundation
for Infectious Diseases," National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
Press Conference and Symposium Release, PR Newswire, July 18.
2002. "Antibiotic
Resistance in Livestock: More at Stake than Steak," Environmental
Health Perspectives (EHP Online), July.
2002. "APUA,
Senate Urge Restricted Use of Antibiotics in Agriculture," American
Society for Microbiology News, July.
2002.
Fewer Antibiotics Are Prescribed to Children, 40 Percent Decline
Reverses a Trend, Washington Post, June 19.
2002. "Conservation,"
WorkInProgress (The Joyce Foundation publication), June.
2002. "Are
We Killing the Cures?" PAHO, Perspectives in Health, Spring.
2002. "US
Experts Urge End to Antibiotics in Stock Food," Sydney Morning
Herald (Sydney, Australia), May 10.
2002.
"The Rise of Superbugs," MSNBC.com, May 10
2002.
"From Farm to Fork: Scientific Alliance Calls for More Stringent
Policy on Antibiotic Use in Agriculture," From PR Newswire Release,
May 9.
2002.
Antibiotics Lose Punch Against Strep. Wall Street Journal,
April 18.
2002. "CDC
Targets Crisis in Hospital-Stay Infections," Boston Globe,
March 27.
2002. "China's
Overuse of Antibiotics Breeding Drug-Resistant Diseases," C-Health
(www.canoe.ca),
March 19.
2002. "Breeding
the Superbug," The Ecologist, March.
2002.
Overuse of antibiotics has created the new 'superbug'.The Ecologist,
February 22.
2002. "Antibiotics:
the New Threat," Ladies' Home Journal, February.
2002. "Playing
Chicken with our Antibiotics," Time, January 21.
2002. "GAARD
Reveals Fluoroquinolone Threat," SCRIP, January 2-4.
2002.
Six Dangerous Myths about Antibiotics. Bottom Line/Health,
January 1.
2001. The
Resistance Fighters: Put Down That Cipro! City Link, December
19-25.
2001. Docs
Worry over Anthrax Drug Resistance. United Press International,
December 16.
2001. Cipro Use Troubles Some Specialists. Boston Sunday Globe, December 16.
2001. Good Germs, Bad Germs. UTNE Reader, November/December.
2001. Doctors Fear Overuse of Antibiotics by Kids Is about to get Worse. The Wall Street Journal, November 30.
2001. Path of Great Resistance: Overuse of Antibiotics Strengthens Bacteria and Weakens the Immune System. New York Daily News, November 19.
2001. Seven Dangerous Misconceptions about Antibiotics. Bottom Line/Health, November 9.
2001. Cipro Recipients Developing Side Effects. Los Angeles Times, November 9.
2001. What We Feed Animals We Eat; Prevalence of Bacteria that Resist Drugs Heightens Debate over Antibiotics. Chicago Tribune, November 7.
2001. "Super Bugs" Have Invaded Our Meat. Los Angeles Times, November 4.
2001. Antibiotics: Overuse Can Be Dangerous. Blue Cross Blue Shield LifeTimes, November 1.
2001. Antibiotics Used in Farm Animals Causing Hard-to-Treat Infections in Humans. Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter, November 1.
2001. Anthrax-Fighting Drugs Apt to Spur Not Anthrax Superbug, but More Common Killers. Associated Press, November 1.
2001. Misuse of Antibiotics Is Creating Tougher Bacterial Bugs. Coffey Communications, October 31.
2001. For Bacteria in a Cipro World, Resistance Pays Off. The Oregonian, October 28.
2001. Cipro Stockpiling Opens Pandora's Box. Tufts E-News, October 22.
2001. Misuse of Cipro Could Lead to Resistance. Houston Chronicle, October 18.
2001. Overuse, Abuse of Cipro Could Make Drug Ineffective. St. Petersburg Times, October 17.
2001. Cure May Be Health Hazard. Los Angeles Times, October 17.
2001. The Evolving Enemy (roundtable conference call). WGBH Radio, October 11.
2001. WHO Plan Seeks to Stanch Global Antimicrobial Resistance. American Medical News, October 1.
2001. Physician with Supergerm. National Public Radio, September 1.
2001. Are We Too Clean or Not Clean Enough? Infection Control Today, September 1.
2001. Antibiotic Overuse Is a Health Threat. The Wall Street Journal, April 28.
2001. Report Says Agriculture Antibiotic Use and Impact on Resistance Are High. ASM News, March.
2001. Animal Antibiotic Rules Might Be Hard for FDA to Implement. The Atlanta Constitution Journal, January 26.
2001. Global Resistance Day: Unprecedented and Promising. Medscape, January 23.
2001. Antibiotics: Losing Their Power to Fight. AARP Bulletin, January.
2000. Physicians Encouraged to Help Fight the War on Antibiotic Resistance. Infectious Disease Options, February 15.
2000. Antibiotics and The Doomsday Bug- Fact or Fiction. The Sunday Times Magazine, February 20.
2000. Too Clean! Healthy Living, July 18.
2000. Leader in Antibiotic Resistance Research Gives First-Hand Insight of Problem. Goucher Quarterly, Summer 2000.
2000. Preventing Antibiotic Misuse Will Take Effort from Physicians, Patients. Infectious Diseases In Children, August.
2000. Drug-Resistant Bacteria. Council Currents, Fall 2000.
1999. Levy SB Antimicrobial Resistance: Solutions to a Growing Public Health Threat. Statement at the US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Public Health hearing, February 25.
1999. Raloff J. Waterways Carry Antibiotic Resistance, Science News 155(23) June 5.
1999. Spake A. Losing the battle of the bugs. US News and World Report, May10.
1999. Stravrou H. Healthy Living: Antibiotics--some practical talk about miracle drugs. Distinction Magazine, February-March; 4(1): 80-83.
1998. Associated Press. Bacteria fighter may end up strengthening germs, study finds. Boston Globe, August 7.
1998. Associated Press. Salmonella bacteria resistant to five drugs emerge in US. Boston Globe, March 7.
1998. Broadbent S. Losing its punch. Daily News (Bowling Green, Kentucky), March 16.
1998. Knox R. Scientists warn of antibiotic resistance. Boston Globe, May 17.
1998. Levy SB. The challenge of antibiotic resistance. Scientific American 278(3): 32-39. full text
1998. Levy SB, Saylers A. New network to monitor antibiotic resistance gene trends (letter). American Society for Microbiology News 64(3): 124.
1998. Radetsky P. Last days of the wonder drugs. Discover 19(11): 76-84.full text
1998. Raloff J. Livestock's role in antibiotic resistance.Science News 154: 39.
1998. Tufts University. Outsmarting bacteria that fight back. Tuftonia 5(3): 16-19.
1998. Verrengia JB. Health & Living: Blame it on soap!ABCNews.com, August 8. full text
1998. Zoler M. Antibiotic use in animals tied to resistance.Internal Medicine News, June 1: 10.
1997. Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics. APUA: an international network to combat antibiotic resistance. Essential Drugs Monitor 24: 20.
1997. Dunn J. Return of the microbial killers. The Rotarian, March.
1997. Gentry C. Wide overuse of antibiotic cited in study. Wall Street Journal, September 4: B1, B4.
1997. Salmans S. Invasion of the superbugs. Sesame Street Parents, November: 44, 48.
1997. Smaglik P. Proliferation of pills. Science News 151(May 17): 310-311.
1996. Marshall M. Warning: Antibiotics could endanger your children. Reader's Digest,
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1996. Tufts University School of Medicine. Confronting Antibiotic Resistance: An Increasing Threat to Public Health. Boston, MA: Tufts University (video).
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1993. Levy SB. Confronting multidrug resistance: a role for each of us. Journal of the American Medical Association 269(14): 1840-1842.
1991. Levy SB. Antibiotic availability and use: Consequences to man and his environment. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 44(suppl II): 83-87.
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