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When antibiotics were first discovered in the 1940s, they were hailed as lifesaving wonder drugs preventing infections, but new strains of bacteria that are called superbugs have evolved, adapted and built up resistance. What does this mean for the future of modern medicine . That is this weeks cover story. They are called superbugs, strains of bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. They cause infections in 2 Million People in the United States each year and kill 70 years ago, antibiotics have saved millions of lives, but they have been overused causing bacteria to evolve faster and leaving medications ineffective. If current antibiotics fail to kill bacteria and doctors can stop infections, many procedures like organ transplants, chemotherapy and major surgery could become higher risk. How did we get here . Nearly onethird of prescriptions for antibiotics for some germs, the biggest source of resistance is animals in the food chain, and antibiotics are widely overused in
When antibiotics were first discovered in the 1940s, they were hailed as lifesaving wonder drugs preventing infections, but new strains of bacteria that are called superbugs have evolved, adapted and built up resistance. What does this mean for the future of modern medicine . That is this weeks cover story. They are called superbugs, strains of bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. They cause infections in 2 Million People in the United States each year and kill 23,000. Since they were discovered about 70 years ago, antibiotics have saved millions of lives, but they have been overused causing bacteria to evolve faster and leaving medications ineffective. If current antibiotics fail to kill bacteria and doctors can stop infections, many procedures like organ transplants, chemotherapy and major surgery could become higher risk. How did we get here . Nearly onethird of prescriptions for antibiotics are unneeded and incorrectly prescribed. For some germs, the biggest in the f
We begin with superbugs. When antibiotics were first discovered in the 1940s, they were hailed as lifesaving wonder drugs preventing infections, but new strains of bacteria that are called superbugs have evolved, adapted and built up resistance. What does this mean for the future of modern medicine . That is this weeks cover story. They are called superbugs, strains of bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. They cause infections in 2 Million People in the United States each year and kill 23,000. Since they were discovered about 70 years ago, antibiotics have saved millions of lives, but they have been overused causing bacteria to evolve faster and leaving medications ineffective. If current antibiotics fail to kill bacteria and doctors can stop infections, many procedures like organ transplants, chemotherapy and major surgery could become higher risk. How did we get here . Nearly onethird of prescriptions for antibiotics are unneeded and incorrectly prescribed. For some ge