CDC Identifies <br />2 New Deadly Superbugs.<br />The report released by the <br />Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on <br />Thursday focuses on five antibiotic-<br />resistant infections, or "superbugs.".<br />The report states that overall, <br />antibiotic resistant superbugs have <br />killed more than twice the number <br />of people than previously speculated. .<br />In 2017, one such infection, <br />C. difficile, caused almost <br />250,000 hospitalizations and <br />resulted in almost 13,000 deaths.<br />"We also need new vaccines, new diagnostics and other new tools to help doctors better treat their patients or better prevent infections in the first place."<br />- Michael Craig, CDC Advisor, via CBS News.<br />The report does state <br />that since 2013, deaths <br />from antibiotic-resistant <br />infections have fallen by 18 percent.<br />It's likely that the over-prescribing <br />of antibiotics has led to the new superbugs.<br />The CDC states that antibiotics <br />are not recommended to fight viruses<br />such as the flu and the common cold
