The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned about the spread of superbugs that are resistant to drugs. The WHO said researchers tested many bugs in laboratories. The researchers said 1 in 6 (around 17 per cent) of the bugs they tested was drug-resistant. The antibiotics did not kill the bacteria. Many of the drugs have been life-saving for many years. This could bring new risks to our health. Cuts and common infections could be deadly in the future because the antibiotics will no longer kill bacteria. The WHO said: "These findings are deeply concerning." It added: "As antibiotic resistance continues to rise…we're putting lives at risk."
The WHO conducted a large study on superbugs. It looked at data from over 100 countries. Drug resistance is highest in Southeast Asian and Eastern Mediterranean countries. There, 1 in 3 reported infections was resistant. In Africa, 1 in 5 infections was resistant. The study found that bugs were becoming drug-resistant faster than researchers could create new drugs. More and more bugs are becoming resistant to modern medicines. The WHO said between 2018 and 2023, drug resistance increased in over 40 per cent of the bacteria it tested. An additional worry is that there is not enough testing being done to create new, effective drugs. The WHO said this will be a big "future threat".
世界衛生組織（WHO）近期針對具抗藥性的「超級細菌」擴散發出警告。WHO指出，研究人員在實驗室中檢測了多種細菌，發現其中六分之一（約17%）的菌株對藥物產生抗性，抗生素已無法將其消滅。許多多年來挽救無數生命的藥物正面臨失效危機，這將為人類健康帶來新風險。未來即使是小傷口或普通感染都可能致命，因為抗生素再也無法有效殺死細菌。WHO強調：「這些研究結果令人深感憂慮」，並補充：「隨著抗生素抗藥性持續攀升……我們正將生命置於險境。」
WHO針對超級細菌進行大規模研究，分析來自超過100個國家的數據。數據顯示，東南亞與東地中海地區的藥物抗性最為嚴重，當地通報的感染案例中高達三分之一具抗藥性；非洲則為五分之一。研究發現，細菌產生抗藥性的速度已超越研發新藥的進度，越來越多菌種對現代藥物產生抵抗能力。WHO更指出，在2018至2023年間，檢測的細菌中有超過40%其抗藥性持續增強。另一項隱憂是，目前開發新型有效藥物的檢測量能嚴重不足，WHO警告這將成為巨大的「未來威脅」。
