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Learn how the CDC weighs treatment options, spread, and future infections to assess drug-resistant germs — and why death tolls tell only part of the story.

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Drug-resistant germs cause an estimated 9.8 million infections and approximately 50,800 deaths in the US each year, according ...

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Nineteen pathogens cause an estimated 9.7 million infections and 50,800 deaths in the United States each year, according to an updated report released by the U.S.

The agency considers these infections to be one of the most pressing public health issues. A new report ranks the germs that ...

A new report from the CDC shows and increase in drug-resistant "superbugs" across the United States. Experts say that washing ...

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Drug-resistant germs cause an estimated 9.7 million infections each year.

A newly released CDC report warns that drug-resistant germs cause an estimated 9.7 million infections and 50,800 U.S. deaths ...

Nineteen drug-resistant germs cause an estimated 9.7 million infections and 50,800 deaths in the country each year.