America’s leaders aren’t doing enough to confront one of the greatest public health menaces in modern history.
Increasingly, pathogens like bacteria and fungi are evolving into “superbugs” that are immune to existing treatments. This phenomenon, known as antimicrobial resistance (AMR), is one of the top ten public health threats currently facing humanity, according to the World Health Organization. In 2019, antibiotic resistance was associated with more than 170,000 deaths in the United States and nearly 5 million deaths worldwide.Many of these infections were acquired in hospitals and other healthcare settings…
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