Like humans, dolphins are at risk from antibiotic-resistant diseases

As antibiotic use has become widespread around the world over the past few decades, antibiotic-resistant diseases have begun to emerge. Now, a new study has found that it’s not just humans facing the unintended side effect of antibiotic use. Dolphins, too, are beginning to fall prey to drug-resistant strains of previously treatable illnesses – possibly due to discarded human medications washing into coastal waters. "In 2009, we reported a high prevalence of antibiotic resistance in wild dolphins, which was unexpected," lead author Adam M. Schaefer of Florida …