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The rate of multidrug-resistant organisms in organic meat was more than 50% lower than in conventional.

The US has had a major voice in the finalized Codex guidance, one expert notes.

Surveillance will include more bacterial pathogens, animal species, and environment testing.

The NRDC takes the US beef industry to task for overuse of medically important antibiotics.

COVID-19 "has created the greatest financial crisis in history for hospitals and health systems."

New testing studies reveal more about spread in some US communities, and overseas, cases rose steadily in many countries, especially Russia and Japan.

"We know almost nothing about sexual transmission and prion diseases," one expert says.

Experts say two new reports provide deeper insight into how and why antibiotics are being used in US agriculture.

Other high-priority diseases include West Nile, plague, rabies, and brucellosis.

The outbreak has reached 156 cases, as 113,000 pounds of ground beef are recalled.