AMR

• Has COVID-19 made the superbug crisis worse?

  Antimicrobial resistance, AMR, is projected to claim 10 million lives every year by 2050; superbugs with no treatment options. Now experts worry the pandemic has made AMR worse.

  Health

  Feb 12, 2022
  
• Drug-resistant superbugs are the other thing keeping researchers up at night

  Antimicrobial resistance or AMR is a slower-moving pandemic than COVID-19, but one that is worsening every day, says Lori Burrows of McMaster University.

  Commentary

  Apr 26, 2020
  
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• How superbugs and antibiotic resistance will make common medical procedures harder

  Giving patients antibiotics is standard care before many operations and medical procedures, experts say. So what happens if they no longer work as well?

  Health

  Nov 17, 2019
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• CDC estimates antibiotic-resistant infections kill 35,000 Americans per year

  Nearly twice as many people are dying from drug-resistant infections as previously thought, U.S. officials said in a new report.

  Health

  Nov 14, 2019