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With overuse of antibiotics, superbugs continue to evolve

Dec 14, 2022
As antibiotics are overused and misused, superbugs keep evolving.
Bottles of antibiotics line a shelf at a Florida pharmacy in August 2007. In the U.S., there are nearly 3 million antibiotic resistant infections each year.
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Drug-resistant infections threaten economy

Dec 26, 2016
The World Bank has stressed the threat of drug-resistant infections.
A pharmacist fills a prescription bottle of antibiotics. 
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