Drug-Resistant Superbugs Could Kill Millions by 2050

Infections of drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, a global analysis predicted on Monday, with the researchers urging action to avoid this grim scenario. Superbugs — strains of bacteria or pathogens that have become resistant to antibiotics, making them much harder to treat — have been recognised as a rising threat to global health. The analysis has been billed as the first research to track the global impact of superbugs over time and to estimate what could happen next. More than...