Antibiotic Resistance

Antimicrobial resistance: What is it? Why is it a problem? What is being done to stop it?

By Kelly Wroblewski, director, infectious diseases, APHL Antimicrobial resistance is arguably the most significant public health threat facing the world today. As resistance builds, the…

Fighting antimicrobial resistance requires clinical and public health response

August 4, 2016

2 Comments

By Kelly Wroblewski, director, Infectious Disease Programs, APHL They may be invisible to the naked eye and their names may be hard to pronounce, but…

Antibiotic Resistance

Get Smart: 4 easy ways you can combat antibiotic resistance

November 18, 2015

1 Comment

By Kelly Wroblewski, director, infectious disease, APHL It has been nearly 90 years since Alexander Fleming took the first step toward discovering penicillin in 1928.…

Antibiotic Resistance

Representing Public Health Labs at the White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship

June 2, 2015

6 Comments

By Scott J. Becker, executive director, APHL Today I am representing APHL by joining over 150 major public health organizations, food companies, retailers and many…

The Tenacity of Tuberculosis: MDR-TB

March 24, 2015

3 Comments

By William A. Murtaugh, MPH, Specialist, TB Program, APHL “Suddenly she stopped, clutched her throat and a wave of crimson blood ran down her breast……