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How your antibiotic use today can cause your own or someone else’s death in the future

Overprescribing and misuse of antibiotics creates “super bugs” that are resistant to antibiotics, endangering the lives of people who develop these dangerous infections. However, people can prevent antibiotic resistant bacteria, save their own life and ultimately the lives of others by learning when and how to use antibiotics properly. Antibiotic resistant infections are one of [...]

380 Million Eggs Recalled Nationwide, How to Keep Your Family Safe from Salmonella in Eggs

Hundreds of salmonella infection cases have prompted a nationwide recall of eggs and reminded us of some basic food safety rules. After a four-fold increase in cases of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) infections since May 2010, a joint investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the U.S. Department of [...]