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.

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

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