(BOSTON) MARCH 22 – MEDICAL EXPERTS ARE WARNING THAT LAYOFFS OF RESEARCHERS IN BOSTON’S BIO-PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR COMBINED WITH CUTBACKS IN FEDERAL RESEARCH DOLLARS MAY BE CRIPPLING AMERICA’S EFFORTS TO FIGHT DRUG RESISTANT SUPER BUGS.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE FROM BOSTON.
IN 2013, 58-THOUSAND NEWBORNS IN INDIA INHERITED ANTI-BIOTIC RESISTANCE FROM THEIR MOMS. SANITATION A HUGE PROBLEM THERE. IN CHINA THE GOVERNMENT IS LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN TO STOP PEOPLE FROM TAKING ANTIBIOTICS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST BAD FOOD. MEANWHILE, NEW T-B STRAINS ARE DRUG RESISTANT. THIS, AS AMERICA CONSUMES MORE THAN THREE-QUARTERS OF ITS ANTIBIOTICS IN THE ANIMALS WE EAT.
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HARVARD MEDICAL CENTER DOCTOR MICHAEL GILMORE SAYS 80 PERCENT OF ANTIBIOTICS PRODUCED IN THE U-S ARE FED TO ANIMALS TO ENHANCE THEIR GROWTH.
HARVARD MEDICAL CENTER DOCTOR MICHAEL GILMORE SAYS AMERICA IS SPENDING PROPORTIONATELY LESS NOW ON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH THAN WE HAVE SINCE THE 1960s.