Nightmare bacteria are very much the stuff of waking life. These microbes pose a “triple threat” to humanity because they are “resistant to all or nearly all antibiotics,” as well as have “high mortality rates,” and can “spread their resistance to other bacteria,” said the former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Tom Frieden in 2013. Nightmare bacteria infections have increased significantly since then and are likely to cause more deaths over time.

Drugged and dangerous

Infections from nightmare bacteria rose by almost 70% between 2019 and 2023 in the U.S., according to a report published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists. The report specifically refers to the rise of infections from a certa

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