WHO urges ramping up arms race against drug-resistant superbugs

No new treatments to address growing drug-resistant bacteria, WHO warns

GENEVA — There are not enough new tests and treatments in the pipeline to tackle the growing spread of drug-resistant bacteria, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday.The WHO says the increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) — particularly the growing resistance of harmful bacteria to antibiotics — is one of the top global public health threats, and is thought to cause more than a million deaths annually.The UN health…

WHO urges ramping up arms race against drug-resistant superbugs

There are not enough new tests and treatments in the pipeline to tackle the growing spread of drug-resistant bacteria, the World Health Organization warned Thursday.

WHO urges ramping up arms race against drug-resistant superbugs – RamaOnHealthcare

There are not enough new tests and treatments in the pipeline to tackle the growing spread of drug-resistant bacteria, the World Health Organization warned Thursday.The WHO says the increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)—particularly the growing resistance of harmful bacteria to antibiotics—is one of the top global public health threats, and is thought to cause [...]