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An Update on Survivors Addie Rerecich and David Ricci
What's happened to Rerecich and Ricci since they survived life-threatening infections?
July 25, 2017
New Plan Looks to Keep Superbugs from Killing More Than Cancer
Each year, drug-resistant bacteria, or "superbugs," kill 700,000 people worldwide. By 2050, experts warn, that figure could reach as high as 10 million, more than cancer kills today.
May 18, 2016
30% Of Prescribed Antibiotics Aren't Necessary, Study Finds
The more antibiotics are prescribed, the more dangerous the threat from drug-resistant bacteria becomes. Now, a new study finds that roughly 47 million prescriptions are unnecessary.
May 4, 2016
Big Pharma Calls for New Incentives to Fight "Superbugs"
More than 80 companies are calling on governments to help create a new economic framework to fight the rapidly accelerating threat posed by drug-resistant "superbugs."
January 21, 2016
Can a New White House Plan Catch Up to the "Superbug" Threat?
An ambitious five-year plan aims to stem the spread of potentially deadly drug-resistant bacteria, but some critics say the effort does not go far enough.
March 27, 2015
UCLA Superbug Infection Linked to 2 Deaths; 179 Potentially Infected
Contaminated medical scopes at a UCLA medical center may have exposed up to 179 people to a potentially deadly superbug.
February 19, 2015
Obama Budget Would Double Federal Spending to Fight Superbugs
Drug-resistant bacteria infect an estimated 2 million Americans, claiming about 23,000 lives each year.
January 27, 2015
New Report Details the Economic Costs of Superbug Threat
Drug-resistant infections could cost 10 million deaths annually and up to $100 trillion by 2050, an economist projects.
December 10, 2014
Superbugs Killing Thousands of Newborns in India
A new study says 58,000 Indian infants died last year from antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
December 4, 2014
White House Releases Plan to Fight Antibiotic Resistance
Last year, the CDC estimated that 23,000 people die annually in the U.S. and more than 2 million are sickened by resistant infections.
September 19, 2014
WHO: Drug-Resistant Bugs Have Spread to “Alarming Levels”
A drug-resistant world "is instead a very real possibility for the 21st century," according to a new report.
May 1, 2014
Florida Bill Would Combat Superbug Threat
A bill to track drug-resistant infections has been introduced in Florida, inspired in part by FRONTLINE's "Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria."
March 28, 2014