How dangerous are superbugs? Superbugs are not a distant threat. By 2050, antimicrobial-resistant “superbugs” could threaten food security for more than two billion people and drive global health care costs up by US$159 billion every year. Across the world, microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites) are becoming resistant to the very drugs used to fight them, in animals and humans. This is antimicrobial resistance or AMR. When these pathogens no longer respond to medicines, they tur

The world is facing a worsening superbug crisis, as pathogens become more resistant to the medications used to treat them. A new study projects the number of lives lost to global superbug infections could increase nearly 70% by 2050. CNN's Jacqueline Howard has details. https://cnn.it/3TB4kHz | CNN

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