Obama White House Convenes First Antibiotic Summit

Representatives of more than 150 health care organizations, medical schools, pharmaceutical companies federal health agencies and food-production interests will meet at the White House today for a day-long “Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship,” the first of its kind. The Forum is a day-long meeting, to be held mostly out of the public eye,  in which the Obama Administration plans to press the companies and organizations to commit to plans to reduce and conserve antibiotic use, in order to slow down the advance of antibiotic resistance…. Read more