Common infections are becoming harder – and sometimes impossible – to treat, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday, as new data show that one in six bacterial infections globally are resistant to standard antibiotics, endangering millions and straining health systems worldwide.

new data show that one in six bacterial infections globally are resistant to standard antibiotics

“Antimicrobial resistance is outpacing advances in modern medicine, threatening the health of families worldwide,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

  • RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    26 days ago

    The US downgraded themselves to third world disease prevention capabilities recently, right? So super ebola is gonna come from the US.