University of Iowa (UI)

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Almost Three Times The Risk Of Carrying MRSA From Living Near A Mega-Farm

Maryn McKenna | Wired | January 22, 2014

In the long fight over antibiotic use in agriculture, one of the most contentious points is whether the resistant bacteria that inevitably arise can move off the farm to affect humans. [...] So whenever a research team can link resistant bacteria found in humans with farms that are close to those humans, it is an important contribution to the debate. Read More »

How Superbugs Hitch A Ride From Hog Farms Into Your Community

Tom Philpott | Mother Jones | September 13, 2014

Factory-scale farms don't just house hundreds of genetically similar animals in tight quarters over vast cesspools collecting their waste...And when you dose the animals daily with small amounts of antibiotics—a common practice—the bacteria strains in these vast germ reservoirs quite naturally develop the ability to withstand anti-bacterial treatments...

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University Of Iowa Pushes For ‘Open Access’ To Research

Vanessa Miller | The Gazette | December 3, 2013

A Maryland 16-year-old, inspired by the death of a family friend, recently developed a rapid and inexpensive screening method using Google, Wikipedia and YouTube for certain cancers. Read More »