Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special Edition
By Marie Rosenthal
Multidrug antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a threat to national security, Helen W. Boucher, MD, FACP, FIDSA, told the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions at a hearing on July 11.
“In 2019, an estimated 1.27 million deaths worldwide were directly caused by AMR, and AMR played a part in nearly 5 million deaths,” said Dr. Boucher, the dean and a professor of