Superbugs due to antibiotic resistance could kill 39 million people by 2050

Resistance to antibiotics has led to one million worldwide deaths each year since 1990, for a total of 36 million.

It is expected to cause more than 39 million more fatalities by 2050 — three per minute.

Read the data here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01867-1/fulltext

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Published by Dr. Prasanth Manohar, Ph.D.,

Early career researcher in the field of Microbiology. Phage biologist, Author, Editor and Scientific writer. Expertise is in bacteriophage biology & genetics, Phage Therapy, ssRNA phages, Phage lysis systems, Single-cell analysis, protein antibiotics, and Antibiotic Resistance.