Antibiotic Armageddon in UK and Europe by 2025

The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ESCMID) – an organisation that explores risk assessment, knowledge sharing and best practices in the fight against infectious disease – has warned that Britain and Europe collectively could face more than a million deaths in an impending "Antibiotic Armageddon” unless more is done to develop new cures, rapid diagnostics and preventative measures to combat the spread of drug resistant diseases.
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