UK ‘falling short’ in fight against rise of superbugs resistant to antibiotics

<p>Antimicrobial resistance contributing to estimated 35,000 deaths a year in UK, and government ‘a long way’ from containing the problem, says NAO</p><p>Superbugs are on the rise in the UK and the government is failing in its efforts to tackle them, ministers have been warned.</p><p>The World Health Organization has described antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – where pathogens evolve and develop resistance to antibiotics and other antimicrobials so the drugs usually used to fight them no longer work – as “one of the top global public health and development threats”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/26/uk-falling-short-in-fight-against-rise-of-superbugs-resistant-to-antibiotics">Continue reading...</a>