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Kelly and Ryan Breaux stand holding a portrait of their deceased daughter Emma Breaux, at their home in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, on June 16, 2016. The husband and wife lost twins, Emma and Talon, to different superbugs that they contracted while in the neonatal unit at Lafayette General Hospital.

With Antimicrobial Resistance, Women and Children Face Highest Risks

by Kelsey Barrett, Cherise Scott

One in five deaths from antimicrobial resistance involved a child younger than 5, and women face increased vulnerability

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People wait to receive medicine at a clinic.

Secret Shoppers Expose Antibiotic Overprescribing in India

by Ron Shinkman

Is it ethical to pose as a patient to reveal medical malpractice?

Registered Nurse LaToya Marks treats a COVID-19 positive patient at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
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Nurses Champion Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

by Zeena Nackerdien

With expertise in patient care, nurses are well positioned to combat antimicrobial resistance if given the correct tools

Technician doing eye exam during azithromycin mass drug administration training exercise near Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Mass Drug Administration of Azithromycin: Promise or Peril?

by Sandra B. Munro

Mass drug administration of azithromycin saves children’s lives—is that enough to justify risk of antibiotic resistance?