Daily Archives: January 23, 2017

Stopping Superbugs: A New Farm Rule Targets Antibiotic Resistance

By Lisa Gillespie & Nicole Erwin, Ohio Valley ReSource – A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control offers a stark example of the declining power of medicine’s most important weapons against infectious disease. The CDC noted that a patient who died at a Nevada hospital last year had an infection that was resistant to 26 different antibiotic treatments. That’s…

Judge rules against $37B buy of Humana by Aetna

by Grace Schneider , @gesinfk – A federal judge in Washington D.C. has dealt a huge blow to health insurer Aetna’s $37 billion bid to acquire Louisville’s Humana, backing regulators who’d argued that combining the companies will stifle competition in hundreds of markets around the country. Although Aetna and Humana can appeal Judge John Bates’ decision, a delay,…