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Superbug cost on global economy may hit US$100t over 35 years
Published Thu, Dec 11, 2014 · 09:50 PM
London
DRUG-RESISTANT superbugs could cost the global economy as much as US$100 trillion between now and 2050, a threat that warrants as much attention as climate change, according to a review led by economist Jim O'Neill.
If unchecked, the infections may mean 10 million extra deaths a year, with an impact on global wealth roughly equivalent to losing the UK's economic output every year, Mr O'Neill,…
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