28-12-2016 08:00 via theguardian.com

Will 2017 be the year we take drug-resistant superbugs seriously?

Governments are trying to stop the overuse of antibiotics in farming but action is needed from food producers and retailers to combat the threat to human healthAntimicrobial resistance, the emergence of superbugs resistant to the antibiotics that modern medicine depends on, is not a future threat looming on the horizon but a problem that is already here and likely to have a big impact on business – especially in sectors such as food and pharmaceuticals.
The World Health Organisation estima
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