One of the drivers of antibiotic-resistant infections is overuse of the medications in both humans and animals. Getty Images. Experts on antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections urged Congress this week to pass legislation that would address the issues that lead to so-called superbugs.
Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall, the top Republican on the panel and an OB-GYN, said the issue is critically important for Congress because more than 3 million Americans will be diagnosed this year with an antimicrobial resistant superbug.
Those infections translated to about 100 Americans dying every day from some form of bacterial infection that gets around the antibiotics available, he […]
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