Sentences with phrase «ongoing public health crisis»

Resistance to antibiotics by bacteria and other microbes is an ongoing public health crisis, contributing to about two million infections and 23,000 deaths per year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In an ongoing public health crisis, where accurate and timely information is crucial, new genomic technologies can provide near — real - time insights into the pathogen's origin, transmission dynamics, and evolution.

Not exact matches

But further analysis released by the public health agency Friday highlight two alarming trends for U.S. mortality: significant rises in gun and, especially, drug overdose deaths (with the latter driven by the ongoing opioid crisis in America).

Edwards delivered the meeting's keynote address focusing on U.S. public water health crises, including the ongoing lead water crisis in Flint, Michigan that began in 2015 and the lead water crisis in Washington D.C., in 2000 - 2004 both of which he helped uncover.

Despite ongoing research effort and improved knowledge about the disease, there is currently no effective preventive or curative treatment for AD, which could result in a public health crisis given the continuous aging of populations worldwide.