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Jason Gale

Antibiotic use fuels drug resistant superbugs from India

Health & Medicine

Some of modern medicine’s most important drugs are losing their potency. Antibiotics are failing as disease-causing bacteria become resistant. It’s happening all over, but India may play an especially big role in fueling the problem.

Superbugs: India and the Rise of Drug-Resistant Germs

Business, Economics and Jobs
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