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Joe Pitts: if we do not confront the threat of antibiotic resistance, we could be "cast back into the dark ages of medicine where…

On the recordSeptember 18, 2014
if we do not confront the threat of antibiotic resistance, we could be "cast back into the dark ages of medicine where treatable infections and injuries will kill once again."
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Pitts emphasizes the serious threat of antibiotic resistance as warned by British Prime Minister David Cameron.

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