- 3 updates
Drug-resistant superbugs will cost up to $100 trillion
Drug-resistant infections will cost the world 10 million extra deaths a year & $100 trillion by 2050, if the global increase is not stopped, a new report warns.
Live updates
Medicine 'too complacent' towards superbugs
The global medical community has been "too complacent" with antibiotic resistance, leaving the health of future generations at great risk, Good Morning Britain's medical expert has warned.
Dr Hilary Jones said diseases like E Coli, malaria and tuberculosis could kill "half a million people" across Europe and the United States alone if new drugs were not developed.
Tide of drug-resistant superbugs threatens to overwhelm
Drug-resistant superbugs will cost the world economy $100 trillion by 2050 and could lead to and extra 10 million deaths per year.
Read the full story ›Advertisement
- ITV Report
Drug-resistant superbugs will cost up to $100 trillion
Latest ITV News reports
-
Tide of drug-resistant superbugs threatens to overwhelm
Drug-resistant superbugs will cost the world economy $100 trillion by 2050 and could lead to and extra 10 million deaths per year.
-
Drug-resistant superbugs will cost up to $100 trillion
Drug-resistant infections will cost the world 10 million extra deaths a year & $100 trillion by 2050, if the global increase is not stopped.