Health & Veritas Melinda Pettigrew: The Battle Against Antimicrobial Resistance
Howie and Harlan are joined by Melinda Pettigrew of the Yale School of Public Health to discuss the changes needed in the prescription and agriculture use of antibiotics to address the crisis of antimicrobial resistance. Harlan reports on a survey underlining the scale of medical misinformation among Americans; Howie discusses a new tool for the treatment of unhoused people.
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Medical Misinformation
Harlan Krumholz: “A prescription for the US FDA for the regulation of health misinformation”
“Vaccine Confidence Falls as Belief in Health Misinformation Grows”
Melinda Pettigrew and Antimicrobial Resistance
“Melinda Pettigrew—The next dean of SPH!”
“New Law Will Help Combat Growing Threat of Antibiotic Resistance”
“Two Yale alum tackle infection diagnostics”
FDA Fact Sheet: Veterinary Feed Directive Final Rule and Next Steps
CDC: Measuring Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing
Treating the Unhoused
“Housing Supply and the Drivers of Homelessness”
CMS: Place of Service Code Set
“New place of service code for treating unsheltered people”
“‘You Have to Learn to Listen’: How a Doctor Cares for Boston’s Homeless”
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