In a forecast that threatens to unravel decades of medical progress, a new global study predicts that antibiotic-resistant infections could claim more than 39 million lives by 2050, potentially plunging the world into a post-antibiotic era.
The report, released by the Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (GRAM) Project, paints a picture of a looming public health crisis where once-treatable diseases may again become deadly.
A Growing Global Threat
The GRAM report, published in The Lancet and presented at a global health summit in Geneva, shows a trend: Deaths attributed to antibiotic-resistant infections are projected to increase from approximately 1.14 million in 2021 to 1.91 million in 2050. To “die as a direct result of” implies a clear causal link, indicating that the death occurred specifically because of the resistant bacteria, without any intervening factors involved....
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