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Indicator Historical Trend
Today
2017-01-17
| Grade | Date | Headline | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | 18 Dec 2024 | Researchers Study Microbe That Can Withstand Extremely High Radiation Doses | [NewsTarget] |
| HIGH | 10 Aug 2024 | 10 of the Deadliest Superbugs Worrying Scientists | [LiveScience] |
| LOW | 16 Jun 2024 | Rare, Drug-Resistant Flu Variant Found in the US | [KKCO] |
| LOW | 04 Sep 2023 | Super Gonorrhoea Cases Are Rising and Could Be Fatal, WHO Warns | [UK Daily Star] |
| MOD | 18 Apr 2023 | One Dead in Michigan Paper Mill Fungal Outbreak | [SHTFplan] |
| HIGH | 29 Jan 2023 | Rapid Emergence of Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigella Sonnei in France | [Nature] |
| HIGH | 25 Apr 2022 | Treating Covid-19 with Antibiotics Leading to the Creation of More Superbugs | [Study Finds] |
| MOD | 02 Jan 2021 | Deadly fungal infections that can shrug off the best treatments are on the rise | [NewScientist] |
| MOD | 22 Dec 2020 | Mutant Drug-Resistant 'Super Gonorrhoea' Strain Emerges | [UK Daily Star] |
| LOW | 30 Aug 2020 | Mass Use of Hand Gels Could Create Unstoppable Superbugs | [UK Express] |
| MOD | 21 Jan 2020 | Killer Superbug Attacking the Body with Pneumonia | [UK Mirror] |
| MOD | 23 Nov 2019 | Pakistan Grapples With Drug-Resistant Typhoid Outbreak | [NYT] |
| HIGH | 14 Nov 2019 | Superbugs on the Rise up from Previous CDC Report in 2013 | [IBT] |
| SEVERE | 22 Oct 2019 | Drug-Resistant Superbugs: 4th Leading Cause of Death in US | [NRDC] |
| SEVERE | 22 Oct 2019 | Cancer-Causing Bug Has Become Twice as Hard to Treat in the Last 20 Years | [UK Daily Mail] |
| MOD | 10 Oct 2019 | Antibiotic Resistance Nearly Triples in Livestock since 2000 | [Science Daily] |
| LOW | 31 Jul 2019 | Drug-Resistant Superbug Spreading in European Hospitals | [BBC] |
| MOD | 04 Jun 2019 | Sexually Transmitted Superbug Warning as Infections Soar 26% in a Year | [UK Independent] |
| LOW | 27 May 2019 | World's Rivers 'Awash with Dangerous Levels of Antibiotics' | [UK Guardian] |
| LOW | 12 Jan 2019 | CDC: Nasty Superbug Genetic Mutation in Mexican Hospital | [San Diego Tribune] |
| LOW | 07 Jan 2019 | Super-Gonorrhoea Epidemic? | [UK Daily Star] |
| MOD | 22 Nov 2018 | Drug-resistant Superbug Found in British Hospital Wards | [UK Sun] |
| HIGH | 12 Nov 2018 | WHO Maps Dangerous Misuse of Antibiotics | [France24] |
| LOW | 18 Oct 2018 | Drug-Resistant Salmonella Outbreak Reported in 29 States | [SHTFplan] |
| LOW | 10 Sep 2018 | Superbugs Jumping Frequently between Humans and Animals | [Phys.org] |
| MOD | 28 Aug 2018 | CDC warns gonorrhea showing signs of becoming resistant to antibiotics | [U.S. News & World Report] |
| LOW | 10 Aug 2018 | A Scourge of Superbugs Is Killing Malawi's Babies | [CNN] |
| LOW | 08 Aug 2018 | Super Gonorrhoea Outbreak Fears as 7 Strains Emerge in Australia | [UK Daily Star] |
| MOD | 25 Jul 2018 | People Breathing Antibiotic Resistant Genes in Major Cities around the World | [UK Daily Mail] |
| LOW | 22 May 2018 | Superbugs could render even the most routine procedures deadly | [UK Telegraph] |
| LOW | 05 May 2018 | Hong Kong hospitals battle rising number of superbug cases | [South China Morning Post] |
| MOD | 17 Apr 2018 | Antibiotic-resistant bacteria discovered in NYC rats | [Science Daily] |
| HIGH | 03 Apr 2018 | CDC: Drug-resistant 'nightmare bacteria' pose growing threat | [Brownsville Herald] |
| HIGH | 30 Mar 2018 | Multiple STD infections becoming drug resistant | [UK Telegraph] |
| LOW | 28 Mar 2018 | Man has 'world's worst' super-gonorrhea | [BBC] |
| HIGH | 27 Mar 2018 | The world keeps using more antibiotics and it's making us sick | [Philly.com] |
| HIGH | 06 Mar 2018 | Common ‘superbug’ found to disguise resistance to potent antibiotic | [WSJ] |
| LOW | 20 Feb 2018 | Promiscuity driving antibiotic resistance | [STAT] |
| MOD | 19 Jan 2018 | Symptomless STD becoming drug-resistant | [UK Daily Mail] |
| SEVERE | 06 Dec 2017 | UN warns of drug-resistant germ risk brewing in nature | [Yahoo] |
| SEVERE | 02 Dec 2017 | Life expectancy dropping because of antibiotic resistance | [UK Telegraph] |
| MOD | 13 Oct 2017 | Antibiotic resistance: Huge fears for ‘end of modern medicine’ | [UK Express] |
| LOW | 22 Jul 2017 | High levels of resistant E Coli found in Indian poultry | [CIDRAP] |
| MOD | 07 Jul 2017 | WHO warns of imminent spread of untreatable superbug... | [Reuters] |
| LOW | 10 Jun 2017 | Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea raises concern in Hawaii | [Contagionlive] |
| MOD | 26 May 2017 | Researchers find antibiotic-resistant genes in four Californian city parks | [Medicalxpress] |
| MOD | 23 May 2017 | Superbug fungus slowly spreading across the US | [Strange Sounds] |
| MOD | 21 May 2017 | Antibiotics don't work in nearly 1 in 4 pneumonia cases | [Outbreaknewstoday] |
| LOW | 13 May 2017 | Drug-resistant tuberculosis cases on the rise in India | [Times of India] |
| MOD | 06 May 2017 | Why Bacteria Are More Threatening Than Ever | [Time] |
| HIGH | 25 Apr 2017 | New super-fungus threatens NY, NJ hospitals | [Hosted] |
| HIGH | 23 Apr 2017 | British doctors warn of 'almost untreatable' superbug | [UK Guardian] |
| HIGH | 10 Mar 2017 | Deadly fungal infection that doctors have been fearing now reported in US | [Washington Post] |
| MOD | 03 Mar 2017 | Number of children infected by antibiotic-resistant bacteria surging | [Newsweek] |
| LOW | 28 Feb 2017 | Two-thirds of Americans know little or nothing about superbugs | [UPI] |
| LOW | 27 Feb 2017 | Superbugs which pose greatest threat to humanity identified | [UK Telegraph] |
| HIGH | 24 Feb 2017 | Soaring antibiotic resistance fuels steep rise in use of 'last hope' drugs | [UK Telegraph] |
| LOW | 11 Feb 2017 | California reports first patient to die from superbug infection | [Contagionlive] |
| HIGH | 21 Jan 2017 | Dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as CRE are spreading | [Yahoo] |
| HIGH | 17 Jan 2017 | Drug-resistant 'nightmare bacteria' shows worrisome ability to diversify and spread | [Medicalxpress] |
