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The post antibiotic era is here: In the US, one person dies every 15 minutes because of drug resistance

The post antibiotic era is here: In the US, one person dies every 15 minutes because of drug resistance

VOX | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a report on the urgent problem of antibiotic resistance, estimating that increasing numbers of people die in the US each year from superbug infections. Urgent action should be taken to find solutions to the mounting crisis.  The CDC says that two of the most urgent current threats are C. difficile (an infection sometimes brought on by antibiotic use) and drug-resistant N. gonorrhoeae (sometimes dubbed super gonorrhea).

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