Friday, May 27

No, this isn’t the start of the antibiotic apocalypse, just bad reporting

(credit: NIAID)

Over the next day or so, you may see headlines and reports about a “nightmare” “superbug” that has been detected for the first time in the US.

So far, the Washington Post reports:
“The superbug that doctors have been dreading just reached the U.S.”
And the article starts with: “For the first time, researchers have found a person in the United States carrying bacteria resistant to antibiotics of last resort.”

CNN had a similarly alarming, but distinct headline:
“'Nightmare' drug-resistant bacteria CRE found in U.S. woman”

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