The Bureau has a dedicated team investigating antibiotic resistance (AMR), which has become a global public health crisis. Earlier this week, we revealed the government’s estimate of 5,000 AMR-related deaths a year in the UK is based on guesswork, and at least … Continued
Superbugs are now killing more patients than breast cancer and at least twice as many people as the government estimate, experts have warned. The Bureau has also established that the government’s stated figure of 5,000 people a year dying from superbugs … Continued
The NHS is buying drugs from pharmaceutical companies in India whose dirty production methods are fuelling the rise of superbugs, and there are no checks or regulations in place to stop this happening.
An estimated 700,000 people die each year around the world because they have an infection that has become immune to the drugs used to treat it.
Without effective antibiotics, infections – like sepsis, or food poisoning – can kill.
And as more and more bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, routine medical procedures which rely on antibiotics to prevent infection – like chemotherapy, organ transplants and hip replacements – will become impossible.
In this investigation a team of Bureau reporters dig into this critical public health issue. Initially we are focusing on antibiotics, food and farming – an under reported part of the problem.
Want to know more about the issue and why you should care? Here’s our explainer.
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