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Drug-Resistant Superbugs Deemed Immediate Threat by CDC

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued a stern warning that public health is being threatened by new strains of superbugs that are proving to be resistant to current drugs.

The CDC has classified a number of superbugs, including those that cause chronic diarrhea and gonorrhea, as posing urgent threats to the population since they are not able to be controlled using typical antibiotic drugs. It’s estimated that bacterial infections that develop from these superbugs in more than 2 million Americans annually cause more than 20,000 fatalities as well.

Despite the growing resistance of certain bacteria to drugs currently being used in medical treatment, many physicians continue to prescribe antibiotics for a variety of medical problems, which in turn causes antibiotic resistance.

The CDC warns that outbreaks of these superbugs will prove to a nightmare for the country and that there are no new drugs currently being developed in order to counteract their deadly effects. But America is not the only country whose public health is being threatened by these newer and stronger superbugs. Several countries in Europe, including Great Britain, have already announced reports that certain strains of superbugs are posing health threats of catastrophic proportions to the populations there.

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Drug-Resistant Superbugs Deemed Immediate Threat by CDC
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/09/16/drug-resistant-superbugs-deemed-urgent-threats-cdc-says/

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