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Superbug infections are rising but deaths falling, CDC says

A microscope image of a disease.
This 1971 microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria, which causes the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea. In a report released Wednesday, the CDC estimated about 36,000 Americans died from drug-resistant infections in 2017, down about 18 percent from an estimated 44,000 in 2013.
CDC via Associated Press