All Sites Without urgent action, we are heading for a post-antibiotic era, warns the World Health Organization , in which common infections and minor injuries can once again kill. The misuse of antibiotics has led to the emergence of superbugs that have developed a resistance to the once-lethal drugs. Meanwhile, no new class of antibiotic has been discovered since the 1980s. read more

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Nevermind the zombies, here comes the antibiotic apocalypse