Q&A: Fighting the Zika Virus
February 8, 2016 ・ Rose HuberPresident Barack Obama is urging Congress to provide $1.8 billion in emergency funding to combat Zika virus, a mosquito-borne illness that has spread into more than 20 countries across Latin America since May 2015.
Tackling Antibiotic Resistance: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?
July 15, 2015 ・ Holly WellesRamanan Laxminarayan explains why our antibiotics no longer work as well as they used to and discusses what we can do about it.
Global Livestock Antibiotic Use Expected To Increase 67% By 2030
March 20, 2015 ・ Andrea White for the Princeton Environmental InstituteA team of researchers from Princeton University, the International Livestock Research Institute, the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy has conducted for the first time a broad assessment of antibiotic consumption in livestock…
The Costs of Phasing-out Antimicrobial Growth Promoters in Livestock
February 26, 2015 ・ Holly P. Welles
Dinner Film Screening & Panel Discussion: “Resistance: the Film”
February 17, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzFeb 25, 2015 – 6:00pm-7:30pm Location: 300 Wallace Hall Panelists: Michael Graziano, Laura Kahn, Aude Teillant Antibiotics were first massed-produced in the 1940s. Their ability to fight and kill bacteria revolutionized medicine and had profound effects on everything from agriculture to…
More Doctors Equal More Competition and More Antibiotics
February 9, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzIMF Publication Highlights Antibiotic Resistance Among Top Four Global Health Threats
December 1, 2014 ・ Igor HeifetzRisk Analysis for a Complex World
November 18, 2014 ・ Holly Welles85 Princeton Undergraduates Share Their Summer of Learning Experiences
October 14, 2014 ・ Holly WellesOn Friday, October 3rd, eighty-five (85) Princeton undergraduates participated in the 7th Annual Summer of Learning symposium to share insights and outcomes from their summer 2014 internships and service experiences. The Summer of Learning Symposium organized by the Princeton Environmental…
