Saturday, April 14, 2018

Nightmare bacteria

More than 23,000 Americans die each year from infections caused by germs resistant to antibiotics, twice the number of homicides by guns. New nationwide testing in 2017 uncovered 221 instances of unusual resistance genes in “nightmare bacteria.”

Check out the CDC’s containment strategy. https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/containing-unusual-resistance/

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/health/nightmare-bacteria-cdc-vital-signs/index.html

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