Drug-resistant ‘nightmare bacteria’ are spreading faster than ever in the United States. The infections resistant to the most powerful antibiotics have climbed nearly 70% in just a four-year period (2019-2023). Antibiotic resistance is driving these infections, and a Nature study estimates that the drug-resistant infections would kill 40 million people by 2050.

A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, comes at an opportune time and rightly warns that these dangerous germs, once considered rare, are becoming an urgent public health threat.

The bacteria with the “NDM gene” have driven the spike, as per the researchers. The treatment options are limited as only two antibiotics can treat this type of infection.

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