Drug-resistant "superbugs" predicted to call nearly 40 milion deaths by 2050

Superbugs forecast to kill nearly 40 million people by 2050 Drug-resistant pathogens set to wreak global havoc. POLITICO

Drug-resistant pathogens could cause more than 39 million deaths over the next 25 years, according to new estimates published Tuesday in The Lancet.

The study also predicts that 169 million deaths will be associated with drug-resistant infections in that time.