When medicine is powerless
Every sixth infection is untreatable
What was measured and how
Where the problem is most acute
“Nightmare bacteria”: E. coli and Klebsiella
Over the past three years, every sixth bacterial infection worldwide has stopped responding to treatment with standard antibiotics. Today, more people die from…
When medicine is powerless
Every sixth infection is untreatable
What was measured and how
Where the problem is most acute
“Nightmare bacteria”: E. coli and Klebsiella

Experts describe findings as deeply concerning and predict 70% increase in related deaths by 2050

Dangerous infections that no longer respond to antibiotics are spreading quickly around the world, increasing by as much as 15% a…

NEW YORK: Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70 percent between 2019 and 2023, according to a…

Data also shows an average of nearly 400 newly reported cases of antibiotic-resistant infections a week last year

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing public health crisis and is estimated to be responsible for more than one million deaths…

More people are expected to die every year from superbugs than cancer by 2050. Antibiotic resistance is ‘a major threat’ to our…