Study: We're losing the fight against drug-resistant infections faster we'd thought

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This micrograph image depicts a gastrointestinal bacteria that can become pathogenic after trauma, surgery or other disruptions.

Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new report shows that the problem is growing at an alarming rate.

(Image credit: Smith Collection/Gado)

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