‘It is a pandemic’: UK’s envoy on superbugs says scale of threat underestimated

15/11/2024 11:53 The Guardian

Dame Sally Davies says action on deadly antibiotic-resistant infections must be prioritisedThe rising death toll from drug-resistant bugs is “very scary” and people do not even realise it is happening, the UK’s special envoy for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has warned.Superbugs kill more than a million people each year but neither governments nor the public recognise the scale of the threat, doctors complain. The crisis is largely driven by the misuse of antibiotics – about 70% of which are given to livestock – which encourages the evolution of microbes too strong for modern medicine to handle. Continue reading...

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