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Superb PBS Newshour segment on agricultural use of antibiotics + McKeena’s Big Chicken book

Dear All:  I wrote a few weeks ago about the Stopping Superbugs series from PBS Newshour. PBS has since then added some superb new materials: A marvelous 10-minute video story on agricultural use of antibiotics A column on Maryn McKenna’s upcoming Big Chicken book (scheduled for release on 12 Sep) A column on the never-ending debate about taking the entire course of antibiotics These build on

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Superb podcasts x 2: “Your cancer will be controlled, but you may die of infection” and “Pharma needs to be (and stay) engaged”

Dear All, Clear analyses by our colleagues in the science-focused media are invaluable ways to educate both ourselves and others: we learn new viewpoints while our non-technical friends and colleagues learn what keeps us up at night. On this note, we have two recently released 30-minute podcasts that are very much worth hearing and sharing. 

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PBS FRONTLINE: Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria

Dear All:  Frontline will today broadcast an updated version of the excellent Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria show that first broadcast in 2013. Here’s the link to the announcement and here is the short description of this 1-h program: “Described by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as “nightmare bacteria,” there are now predictions that drug-resistant superbugs will kill more

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