Saturday, 24 March 2012

Food And Drug Administration-Court Orders Fda Action-Tuberculosis Treatment-Federal Court Judge

Court orders FDA action on antibiotic use on farms

A federal court judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to take action on its own 35-year-old rule that would stop farmers from mixing popular antibiotics into animal feed, a practice which is widely believed to have led to a surge in dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria. read more..


Drug-resistant TB blamed on Indian treatment flaws

India's inadequate government-run tuberculosis treatment programs and a lack of regulation of the sale of drugs that fight the disease are responsible for the spiraling number of drug-resistant cases that are difficult to treat, health activists said Friday. read more..

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