NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Serious strains of bacteria will kill millions of people by 2050 if medicine does not find a solution to an increasingly ineffective antibiotic crisis, according to a recent medical report.
According to the Daily Mail newspaper, some minor health disorders in our time will become fatal in the future if the painkillers and antibiotics lose their effectiveness.
Antibiotic resistance is estimated to lead to 5,000 deaths per year in Britain, along with 25,000 in EU countries, and is likely to reach 10 million over the next 30 years, with catastrophic deaths expected worldwide.
A report by the Health and Social Care Committee of the House of Commons reported that the government had not done enough to address the crisis, despite its urgency.
Observers say pharmaceutical companies have not created a new generation of antibiotics, because they do not see much profit on this side, so humanity needs those who fund such medical experiments.
Cancer patients, for example, need antibacterial drugs to protect their bodies because of the weakening of the immune system during chemotherapy, but this may not be successful if some bacteria become intractable with antimicrobial therapy.
