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How Businesses Can Fight a Tough Flu Season & Stay Sustainable

Megan Wild bacteria, day, days, flu, germ, germs, holidays, influenza, office, season, shot, shots, sick, vaccinate, vaccination, vaccine

The flu doesn’t have to knock your business down if you take appropriate environmental precautions to prevent its spread around your workplace.

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Revenge of the Bacteria: Antibiotic Resistance Threatening More Than Just Livestock

Roddy Scheer AFO, animal feeding operation, anti, anti-biotic, anti-biotics, antibiotic-resistant, antibiotics, bacteria, biotic, Center for Veterinary Medicine, Environmental Working Group

Our overuse of antibiotics in health care & agriculture/ranching is leading to a biological arms race with bacteria evolving faster than we can make drugs to combat them.

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