Drug-resistant microbes kill about 35,000 people in the U.S. per year
A CDC report adds two organisms to a list of five bacteria and fungi considered urgent threats
An infection by drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria (shown in this false-color scanning electron micrograph) is considered an urgent public health threat by the CDC.
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Close to 3 million people in the United States develop difficult to treat infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria and fungi each year — and about 35,000 die, according to a new government report.