CDC says drug-resistant bacteria kill 35,000 a year

More than 2.8 million infections and 35,000 deaths each year are caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday in a new report. That's at least one infection every 11 seconds and one death from antibiotic resistance every 15 minutes, the Atlanta-based agency said. The new “AR Threats” report shows that there were nearly twice as many annual deaths from antibiotic resistance as CDC originally reported in 2013. Since th en, prevention…
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