CDC: Deadly superbugs pose greater threat than previously estimated
(Worthy News) – Drug-resistant germs and related infections sicken about 3 million people and kill about 48,000 every year in the United States, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new estimates show that previous figures missed about half of the illnesses and deaths.
That means, on average, someone in the United States gets an antibiotic-resistant infection about every 10 seconds and someone dies about every 11 minutes.
The long-awaited report, released Wednesday, establishes a new national baseline of infections and deaths from bacteria and fungi that have developed the ability to defeat drugs designed to kill them. Scientists, doctors and public health officials have increasingly warned that antibiotic resistance is one of the gravest public health threats of our time. [ Source: Washington Post (Read More…) ]
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