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CDC report warns drug-resistant germs are 'urgent' threats
The report says health care infections made up more than 42,000 deaths as resistant germs spread faster and treatments lose effectiveness.
- On Tuesday, the CDC released its Antimicrobial Resistance Threats Report, finding 19 drug-resistant germs cause 9.8 million infections and approximately 50,800 deaths annually in the United States.
- Overall, the CDC categorized these pathogens by threat level: four marked "urgent," 13 marked "serious," and two marked "concerning." This classification reflects the agency's assessment of how each pathogen threatens public health.
- NDM-CRE infections surged by more than 460% between 2019 and 2023, while Candida auris cases increased "tenfold" since 2019. Some strains of the fungus now resist all three available classes of antifungal treatment.
- CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz said in a statement, "This data shows both the progress we've made and the significant work that remains." She emphasized that antimicrobial resistance threatens modern medicine and millions of Americans.
- Health officials warned the "rapid spread of resistance genes" is making infections harder to treat and more deadly. Without urgent policy action such as the PASTEUR Act, drug-resistant pathogens threaten substantially more harm in coming years.
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