Latest News and Resources | Antibiotic/Antimicrobial Resistance | CDC

Latest News and Resources | Antibiotic/Antimicrobial Resistance | CDC

Media Releases

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CDC Investments and Action

• U. S. Challenges World to Intensify Global Fight against Antibiotic Resistance (Sept. 2018 press release)
• Fighting Antibiotic Resistance: CDC Tool Maps Progress in Every State, but Still More to be Done (Jan. 2018 press release)
• CDC Invests More than $200 Million to Help States Respond to Infectious Disease Threats (Aug. 2017 press release)
• CDC Funds 34 Innovative Projects to Combat Antibiotic Resistance (Oct. 2016 press release)
• CDC Funding Accelerates Antibiotic Resistance Efforts (Jul. 2016 media statement)
• CDC Awards $26 Million to Academic Medical Centers, Drives Innovation to Protect Patients (Jun. 2016 press release)

More on CDC Investments

• Antibiotic Resistance Investment Map
• Feature Stories
• CDC Funding Announcements

Healthcare

• Germs with Unusual Antibiotic Resistance Widespread in U.S. (Apr. 2018 press release)
• CDC Encourages Safe Antibiotic Prescribing and Use (Nov. 2017 press release)
• CDC Urges Early Recognition, Prompt Treatment of Sepsis (Aug. 2017 press release)
• Superbugs Threaten Hospital Patients (Mar. 2016 press release)

Community (e.g., tuberculosis, gonorrhea)

• New CDC analysis shows steep and sustained increases in STDs in recent years (Aug. 2018 press release)
• TB Continues to Decline in the U.S., but Progress Toward Elimination is Slowing (Mar. 2018 press release)
• Study on Drug-resistant TB Published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases (May 2017 feature story)
• Antibiotic Resistance Threatens Gonorrhea Treatment, (Jul. 2016 press release) 

Emerging Threats (e.g., mcr, C. auris)

• First cases of Candida auris Reported in U.S. (Nov. 2016 press release)
• Discovery of First mcr-1 Gene in coli Bacteria found in a Human in U.S. (May 2016 media statement)

Food (e.g., Salmonella, Shigella)

• CDC Recommendations for Managing and Reporting Shigella Infections with Possible Reduced Susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin (June 2018 HAN)
• Genetic Data on Antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Infections (Aug. 2016 media statement)