In June, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, (D-Calif.) sponsored the Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act, which is aimed at tightening the way in which antibiotics are dispensed to animals. The bill was written in response to a March statement from Dr. Frieden calling CRE "a nightmare bacteria" for which there is no treatment and issuing an "urgent warning" to leaders to take action. In the briefing about the report ranking the level of threat, Dr. Frieden said that there had been a "cross-government focus" in response to the CDC’s warnings and that he could see "a ray of hope."
Neither Dr. Frieden nor Dr. Bell had relevant disclosures to report.