As one public health threat takes a bow, another takes center stage. Less than a year after the end of the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, a group of international political, public health, and biomedical leaders warns of another menace to human life that could also trigger economic loss.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)—which occurs when certain germs survive the drugs engineered to eradicate them—is on track to lower global life expectancy by an average 1.8 years by 2035, according to a new report from the Global Leaders Group (GLG) on Antimicrobial Resistance. For some low- and middle-income countries, life expectancy could fall by as much as 2.5 years.
