Melinda Pettigrew: The Battle Against Antimicrobial Resistance

Howie and Harlan are joined by Melinda Pettigrew of the Yale School of Public Health to discuss the changes needed in the prescription and agriculture use of antibiotics to address the crisis of antimicrobial resistance. Harlan reports on a survey underlining the scale of medical misinformation among Americans; Howie discusses a new tool for the treatment of unhoused people.

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Medical Misinformation

Harlan Krumholz: “A prescription for the US FDA for the regulation of health misinformation”

“Vaccine Confidence Falls as Belief in Health Misinformation Grows”

Melinda Pettigrew and Antimicrobial Resistance

“Melinda Pettigrew—The next dean of SPH!”

“New Law Will Help Combat Growing Threat of Antibiotic Resistance”

“Short- vs Standard-Course Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children”

"Gastrointestinal Microbiome Disruption and Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea in Children Receiving Antibiotic Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia"

“Two Yale alum tackle infection diagnostics”

“A Review of the Effectiveness of Current US Policies on Antimicrobial Use in Meat and Poultry Production”

FDA Fact Sheet: Veterinary Feed Directive Final Rule and Next Steps