Globe Editorial
FOR ALL the breakthroughs medicine has achieved in treating cancer and heart disease, none has saved as many lives as the last century's discovery of antibiotics to treat infectious diseases. That is why physicians are so concerned about the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Congress now has an opportunity to limit one cause of resistance: the overuse of antibiotics in poultry ... (Full article: 419 words)
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