Encouraging news about progress in the ongoing battle against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is highlighted in a landmark report recently released by the World Organisation for Animal Health. 

This comes at an especially good time with Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week running from Nov. 18-24. It has been held every November since

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The CDC is warning about a steep increase in the number of infections from antibiotic-resistant infections from Shigella, which is often foodborne.

In a health advisory from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Health Alert Network (HAN), it was revealed that 5 percent of Shigella infections, known as Shigellosis

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