Shorter Antibiotic Regimens Might Counter Antibiotic Resistance
January 12, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Shorter Antibiotic Regimens Might Counter Antibiotic Resistance
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@Choo: Can Twitter Track The Flu?
December 19, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Now that flu season is upon us, more and more Americans will be tweeting about aches and pains and other symptoms that could signal the onset of the flu.
Managing Partially Protected Resources Under Uncertainty
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This economic analysis looks at the management of partially protected resource pools. The authors compare price- and quantity-based instruments to determine which instrument more efficiently regulated congestion spillovers between resource pools.
Clinical and Economic Outcomes Attributable to Healthcare Associated Sepsis and Pneumonia
February 22, 2010 | Journal Article
A new study finds the clinical and economic costs of sepsis and pneumonia infections contracted while in the hospital are substantial and vary among patient groups.
Why We Have to Start Cutting Back on Antibiotic Use
November 18, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Up to one million antibiotics are prescribed unnecessarily every year, often for colds and other viral infections that they can’t even cure. This overuse is a serious public health threat because it significantly reduces antibiotics’ effectiveness ...
Working to Curb Antibiotic Overuse: CDC's Get Smart About Antibiotics Week
November 15, 2011 | Story
RWJF-funded Extending the Cure releases new research showing troubling trends in antibiotic use.
Warm Weather Brings Risk of Resistant Hospital Infections
October 19, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Ramanan Laxminarayan of Extending the Cure argues that we need incentives to crank out newer, more powerful antibiotics and at the same time, preserve the efficacy of antibiotics we have left.
Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Outpatients, United States, 1999-2006
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has become a major problem in U.S. hospitals already dealing with high levels of hospital-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). This article suggests that instead of replacing HA-MRSA in the hospital, CA-MRSA is adding to the overall presence of MRSA already found within the hospital population.
Extending the Cure Launches Interactive Map Featuring Latest Regional and Global Trends in Antibiotic Resistance
September 29, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
The latest iteration of ResistanceMap, an interactive web-based tool that tracks drug resistance in North America and Europe, was launched recently by Extending the Cure, a Pioneer-supported research project that explores policy solutions to the gro ...
Simple Measure Could Help Address Public Health Threat
September 21, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Antibiotic prescriptions tend to spike during flu season according to a new study from Extending the Cure, a Pioneer-supported project that examines policy solutions to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.