{"id":1971447,"date":"2023-07-12T21:36:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T01:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/threat-of-drug-resistant-bacteria-will-grow-unless-congress-steps-in-experts-say\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T21:38:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T01:38:24","slug":"threat-of-drug-resistant-bacteria-will-grow-unless-congress-steps-in-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/threat-of-drug-resistant-bacteria-will-grow-unless-congress-steps-in-experts-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts warn that the threat of drug-resistant bacteria will increase without congressional intervention."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthreat-of-drug-resistant-bacteria-will-grow-unless-congress-steps-in-experts-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1971447&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0711\/567c49d1-cd07-4f8e-a036-e92ef9e54a31\/audio.mp3?length=4326093&#038;duration=360\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/threat-of-drug-resistant-bacteria-will-grow-unless-congress-steps-in-experts-say\/\" title=\"Experts warn that the threat of drug-resistant bacteria will increase without congressional intervention.\">increasing public health threat<\/a> of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is already putting vulnerable patients at risk, but Congress could step in to help, experts say.<\/p>\n<p>Testifying on July 11 before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Christine Ann Miller, the president and CEO of Melinta Therapeutics, noted that AMR is a very current concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the United States, AMR is the third-leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer,\u201d said Ms. Miller, whose company develops novel antibiotics to treat antibiotic-resistant infections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings have gotten worse since the pandemic in 2020. Hospital-acquired, drug-resistant infections and deaths jumped 15 percent as COVID erased years of progress in the fight against superbugs,\u201d or bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics.<\/p>\n<p>The source of the dilemma, Ms. Miller stated, isn\u2019t a lack of innovation or the result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greta-thunberg-is-wrong-americans-should-be-first-in-line-for-american-made-vaccines\/\" title=\"Greta Thunberg Is Wrong. Americans Should Be First In Line For American-Made Vaccines.\">regulatory red tape<\/a>, but rather a commercial marketplace problem that is \u201cfundamentally unique to antimicrobials, driven by reimbursement and access challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those roadblocks, she said, often drain biotech companies of their funds even after their products have been approved. However, she added that the federal government could fix the problem by enacting reimbursement reforms and implementing incentives to counter the risks of developing new antibiotic drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Calling on Congress to step in, she added, \u201cEvery year we wait to address this crisis is another year more patients are at risk for losing their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Fragility of Time<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For Melanie Lawrence of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, who is living with cystic fibrosis, the threat of antimicrobial resistance is dire.<\/p>\n<p>A progressive and incurable genetic disease, cystic fibrosis causes the body to produce thick, sticky mucus that can lead to blockages, infections, and damage to affected organs. Those born with the condition today have an estimated life expectancy of 56 years, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cff.org\/managing-cf\/understanding-changes-life-expectancy\">Cystic Fibrosis Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Ms. Lawrence, 43, is determined to live every moment to its fullest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day, I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-say-threat-of-drug-resistant-bacteria-will-grow-unless-congress-steps-in\/\" title=\"Drug-resistant bacteria will continue to pose a growing threat unless Congress intervenes, warn experts.\">spend hours taking medications<\/a>, doing physical therapy, exercise, meditation, breath work, all while raising a very active 12-year-old, trying to create as many meaningful memories with him as I can,\u201d she told committee members.<\/p>\n<p>After years of treatment with various antibiotics, the bacteria in Ms. Lawrence\u2019s lungs have become resistant to nearly all antibiotics\u2014except for tobramycin. Unfortunately, due to hearing and kidney damage that she suffered during a clinical trial, that drug is also off the table.<\/p>\n<p>Now, managing her symptoms and maintaining the best possible quality of life are her goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout the security of effective antibiotics to help me heal, I find myself living with chronic fear and anxiety about when the bacteria residing in my lungs will act out or when another infection will take me away from truly living,\u201d she said. \u201cOn a deeper level, I am often navigating a humbling loss of control, loss of autonomy, and a deep subconscious fear of death\u2014of leaving my son without his primary caregiver, the person who knows him best and loves him without limits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rising threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) endangers vulnerable patients, but experts suggest that Congress can intervene. On July 11, Christine Ann Miller, CEO of Melinta Therapeutics, testified before the Senate Health Committee, emphasizing the urgency of addressing AMR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1226,"featured_media":1971448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1971448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}