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US Superbug Infections Rising, but Deaths Falling

Author : NewsGram Desk

Drug-resistant "superbug" infections have been called a developing nightmare that make conquered germs once again untreatable.US

So there's some surprising news in a federal report released Wednesday: U.S. superbug deaths appear to be going down.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated about 36,000 Americans died from drug-resistant infections in 2017. That's down 18% from 2013.

So there's some surprising news in a federal report released Wednesday: U.S. superbug deaths appear to be going down. Pixabay

Officials credit an intense effort in hospitals to control the spread of particularly dangerous infections.

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But while deaths are going down, the report says infections overall increased nationally. And while superbugs mainly have been considered a hospital problem, they are appearing much more often elsewhere. (VOA)

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