Study: Superbugs expected to kill 39 million by 2050


By AGENCY

Superbugs have developed resistance to almost all the antibiotics we have developed, making many infections deadly as they cannot be treated. — AFP

Infections of drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, a global analysis predicted last week, as the researchers called for action to avoid this grim scenario

Superbugs – strains of bacteria or pathogens that have become resistant to antibiotics, making them much harder to treat – have been recognised as a rising threat to global health.

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