Wednesday, April 30, 2014

'Antibiotic resistance is now a bigger crisis than the AIDS epidemic'

'Antibiotic resistance is now a bigger crisis than the AIDS epidemic' | Mail Online: "Antibiotic resistance is now a bigger crisis than the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, a landmark report warned today.

The spread of deadly superbugs that evade even the most powerful antibiotics is happening across the world, United Nations officials have confirmed. Image shows the superbug MRSA which already kills almost 20,000 people a year in Europe

The spread of deadly superbugs that evade even the most powerful antibiotics is happening across the world, United Nations officials have confirmed. The effects will be devastating - meaning a simple scratch or urinary tract infection could kill."

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