Superbug alert: WHO alarmed over lack of antibiotics to tackle drug-resistant bacteria
INDIA, Jan. 18 -- The UN health agency published two new reports revealing that there are few new effective antibiotics in the pipeline, meaning that the world is running out of options for fighting so-called superbugs. The World Health Organisation warned Friday that a dire lack of new antibiotics was threatening efforts to curb the spread of drug-resistant bacteria, which kill tens of thousands of people each year.The UN health agency published two new reports revealing that there are few new effective antibiotics in the pipeline, meaning that the world is running out of options for fighting so-called superbugs. Never has the threat of antimicrobial resistance been more immediate and the need for solutions more urgent," WHO chief Tedros A...
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