Consumer Reports aims to stop the spread of Superbugs
June 3, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Consumer Reports, the world’s largest and most trusted nonprofit consumer organization, on Monday announced its commitment to help wipe out antibiotic-resistant bacteria or “superbugs.”
Infections related to the use of antibiotics sicken about 2.25 million Americans each year and kill 37,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Superbugs are strains of bacteria that are resistant to several types of antibiotics.
